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description: By what means did the Druid's spell cause the maiden to vanish from sight? Exam question 3 of lesson 1983 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Connla and the Fairy Maiden: a fairy maiden calls Connla away over the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Connla and the Fairy Maiden: a fairy m…

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By what means did the Druid's spell cause the maiden to vanish from sight?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** spell, maiden, Druid · **What happens:** mean, do, cause, vanish, spell · **To what, where:** maiden, sight

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1983 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Connla and the Fairy Maiden: a fairy maiden calls Connla away over the sea» 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/1983-pg7885-part2/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1983-pg7885-part2:e3:1
# text = By what means did the Druid's spell cause the maiden to vanish from sight?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Druid	Druid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	vanish	vanish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 3 | **cause** | present | the Druid's spell | the maiden |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **vanish** | to-infinitive | the maiden *not said here* |  |  | sight |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from sight=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **spell** |  | the Druid |  |  |  |  |  | nom spell «state 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 {#o1}

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the maiden waved her hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1983-pg7885-part2:e3:o1:1
# text = the maiden waved her hand
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | past | the maiden | maiden's hand |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the Druid chanted his spells, and the king's guards blew horns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1983-pg7885-part2:e3:o2:1
# text = the Druid chanted his spells, and the king's guards blew horns
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Druid	Druid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	chanted	chant	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	spells	spell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	horns	horn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chant** | past | the Druid | Druid's spells |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Topic |
| 2 | **blow** | past | the king's guards | horns |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent horn=Patient |
| 3 | **spell** |  | Druid |  |  |  |  |  | nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the Druid chanted his spells over the hill at dusk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1983-pg7885-part2:e3:o3:1
# text = the Druid chanted his spells over the hill at dusk
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Druid	Druid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	chanted	chant	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	spells	spell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chant** | past | the Druid | Druid's spells |  | the hill | dusk |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Topic |
| 2 | **spell** |  | Druid |  |  |  |  |  | nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the Druid chanted his spells

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1983-pg7885-part2:e3:o4:1
# text = the Druid chanted his spells
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Druid	Druid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	chanted	chant	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	spells	spell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chant** | past | the Druid | Druid's spells |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Topic |
| 2 | **spell** |  | Druid |  |  |  |  |  | nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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