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title: Which action did the giant perform in order to restore the prince's… — Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Giant · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action did the giant perform in order to restore the prince's sight? Exam question 1 of lesson 685 «Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Giant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Giant

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Which action did the giant perform in order to restore the prince's sight?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action, prince · **What happens:** do, restore, sight · **To what, where:** giant perform, order, sight

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 685 «Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Giant» 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/685-pg2435-part25/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:685-pg2435-part25:e1:1
# text = Which action did the giant perform in order to restore the prince's sight?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	perform	perform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	restore	restore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which action | the giant perform |  | order |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perform=Eventuality |
| 2 | **restore** | to-infinitive | which action *not said here* | the prince's sight |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent sight=Theme |
| 3 | **sight** |  | the prince |  |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition 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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He bathed the eyes in a magic spring and then replaced them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:685-pg2435-part25:e1:o1:1
# text = He bathed the eyes in a magic spring and then replaced them
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bathed	bath	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	replaced	replace	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bath** | past | He | the eyes |  |  | spring |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **replace** | past | He *not said here* | eyes *= eye* |  |  | then |  | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He soaked the eyes in a healing potion and then placed them back carefully

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:685-pg2435-part25:e1:o2:1
# text = He soaked the eyes in a healing potion and then placed them back carefully
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	soaked	soak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	healing	healing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	potion	potion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	placed	place	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
14	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak** | participle | He | the eyes |  |  |  | in a healing potion | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Destination in potion=Theme |
| 2 | **place back** | past | He *not said here* | eyes *= eye* |  |  | then | carefully *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He rinsed the eyes and set them back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:685-pg2435-part25:e1:o3:1
# text = He rinsed the eyes and set them back
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rinsed	rinse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rinse** | past | He | the eyes |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent eye=Source |
| 2 | **set back** | infinitive | He *not said here* | eyes *= eye* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient they=Result |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He washed the eyes and replaced them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:685-pg2435-part25:e1:o4:1
# text = He washed the eyes and replaced them
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	washed	wash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	replaced	replace	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | past | He | the eyes |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |
| 2 | **replace** | past | He *not said here* | eyes *= eye* |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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