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title: To what agent is the transformation of Tattercoats' garments princip… — English Fairy Tales, Tattercoats: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what agent is the transformation of Tattercoats' garments principally attributed? Exam question 1 of lesson 245 «English Fairy Tales, Tattercoats: the goosegirl dances into the ball and is crowned Princess, and the gooseherd vanishes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, Tattercoats: the goosegirl dances int…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To what agent is the transformation of Tattercoats' garments principally attributed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** agent · **What happens:** be, attribute · **To what, where:** transformation, garments

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 245 «English Fairy Tales, Tattercoats: the goosegirl dances into the ball and is crowned Princess, and the gooseherd vanishes» 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/245-pg14241-part12/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:245-pg14241-part12:e1:1
# text = To what agent is the transformation of Tattercoats' garments principally attributed?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	agent	agent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	Tattercoats	tattercoat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	garments	garment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
11	principally	principally	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	attributed	attribute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | agent | the transformation |  |  |  | of Tattercoats's garments | tree rules |
| 2 | **attribute** | participle |  | Tattercoats's garments *not said here* |  |  |  | principally *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The herdboy's playing upon his pipe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:245-pg14241-part12:e1:o1:1
# text = The herdboy's playing upon his pipe
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	herdboy	herdboy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	pipe	pipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | upon his pipe | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The herdboy's playing upon his pipe, which the court had never heard before

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:245-pg14241-part12:e1:o2:1
# text = The herdboy's playing upon his pipe, which the court had never heard before
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	herdboy	herdboy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	nsubj	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	pipe	pipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
15	before	before	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **hear** | past · perfect | the court | the herdboy's pipe |  |  |  | before *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The herdboy's playing upon his pipe, a tune that brought the rags to life

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:245-pg14241-part12:e1:o3:1
# text = The herdboy's playing upon his pipe, a tune that brought the rags to life
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	herdboy	herdboy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	pipe	pipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tune	tune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	rags	rag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund | the herdboy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon his pipe | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bring** | past | a tune | the rags |  | life |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rag=Theme to life=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The tailor's needle and thread work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:245-pg14241-part12:e1:o4:1
# text = The tailor's needle and thread work
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tailor	tailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	needle	needle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

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