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description: Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the stepsister was furnished for her journey? Exam question 4 of lesson 1975 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well, part 34: the princess helps three golden heads, wins a king, and her stepsister is sent off with sweets» of 
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# Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well, part 34:…

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Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the stepsister was furnished for her journey?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** her · **What happens:** follow, describe, furnish, journey · **To what, where:** manner, stepsister

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1975 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well, part 34: the princess helps three golden heads, wins a king, and her stepsister is sent off with sweets» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1975-pg7439-part34/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1975-pg7439-part34:e4:1
# text = Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the stepsister was furnished for her journey?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	nsubj	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	stepsister	stepsister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	furnished	furnish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the manner |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme |
| 3 | **furnish** | past · passive |  | the stepsister |  | the manner |  | for her journey | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme for journey=Recipient |
| 4 | **journey** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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With sugar, almonds, sweetmeats, Malaga sack and a fine chest of silver coins

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1975-pg7439-part34:e4:o1:1
# text = With sugar, almonds, sweetmeats, Malaga sack and a fine chest of silver coins
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	almonds	almond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	sweetmeats	sweetmeat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	Malaga	Malaga	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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With sugar, almonds, sweetmeats and Malaga sack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1975-pg7439-part34:e4:o2:1
# text = With sugar, almonds, sweetmeats and Malaga sack
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	almonds	almond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	sweetmeats	sweetmeat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	Malaga	Malaga	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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With silver, silk and spices from town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1975-pg7439-part34:e4:o3:1
# text = With silver, silk and spices from town
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	spices	spice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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With sugar, almonds, sweetmeats, Malaga sack and a fine horse with silver bells

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1975-pg7439-part34:e4:o4:1
# text = With sugar, almonds, sweetmeats, Malaga sack and a fine horse with silver bells
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	almonds	almond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	sweetmeats	sweetmeat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	Malaga	Malaga	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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