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description: In what manner was the Princess's apparel described upon her entrance to the palace? Exam question 4 of lesson 276 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Real Princess: a Prince tests a wet visitor with three peas» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Real Princess: a Prince tests…

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In what manner was the Princess's apparel described upon her entrance to the palace?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** manner · **What happens:** be, describe · **To what, where:** apparel

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 276 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Real Princess: a Prince tests a wet visitor with three peas» 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/276-pg1597-part3/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:276-pg1597-part3:e4:1
# text = In what manner was the Princess's apparel described upon her entrance to the palace?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	apparel	apparel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
9	described	describe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	entrance	entrance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | what manner |  |  | the Princess's apparel |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **describe** | past |  |  |  |  |  | upon Princess's entrance; to the palace | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent to palace=be' |

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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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Dry and neatly pressed, with lace collar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:276-pg1597-part3:e4:o1:1
# text = Dry and neatly pressed, with lace collar
1	Dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	neatly	neatly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	pressed	press	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	lace	lace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	collar	collar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with lace collar; neatly *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Clinging to her body, sodden with water, and dripping across the marble floor of the great hall

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:276-pg1597-part3:e4:o2:1
# text = Clinging to her body, sodden with water, and dripping across the marble floor of the great hall
1	Clinging	cling	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	sodden	sodden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	dripping	drip	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
12	across	across	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cling** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to her body | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to body=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **drip** | gerund |  |  |  | the marble floor of the great hall |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across floor=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Clinging to her body, sodden with water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:276-pg1597-part3:e4:o3:1
# text = Clinging to her body, sodden with water
1	Clinging	cling	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	sodden	sodden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cling** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to her body | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to body=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Clinging to her body, sodden with water and streaked with mud from the road

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:276-pg1597-part3:e4:o4:1
# text = Clinging to her body, sodden with water and streaked with mud from the road
1	Clinging	cling	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	sodden	sodden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	streaked	streak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cling** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to her body | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to body=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **streak** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with mud from the road | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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