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title: At what moment was Helga transformed into the form of a frog? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King… · tree and pragmatics
description: At what moment was Helga transformed into the form of a frog? Exam question 3 of lesson 893 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 104: robbers kill the priest and horse, and Helga, now a frog, buries him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 10…

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At what moment was Helga transformed into the form of a frog?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, transform, form · **To what, where:** moment Helga, form, frog

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 893 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 104: robbers kill the priest and horse, and Helga, now a frog, buries him» 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/893-pg27200-part104/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:893-pg27200-part104:e3:1
# text = At what moment was Helga transformed into the form of a frog?
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	Helga	Helga	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	transformed	transform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	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** | past |  | moment Helga |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **transform** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | into the form of a frog *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into form=Result |
| 3 | **form** |  |  | a frog |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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when the night birds started singing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:893-pg27200-part104:e3:o1:1
# text = when the night birds started singing
1	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | past | the night birds |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the night birds *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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when the moon came up at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:893-pg27200-part104:e3:o2:1
# text = when the moon came up at night
1	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come up** | past | the moon |  |  |  | night |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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as the last ray of the sun disappeared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:893-pg27200-part104:e3:o3:1
# text = as the last ray of the sun disappeared
1	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ray	ray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	disappeared	disappear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disappear** | past |  |  |  |  |  | as the last ray of the sun | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **ray** |  |  | the sun |  |  |  |  | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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at sunset

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:893-pg27200-part104:e3:o4:1
# text = at sunset
1	at	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	sunset	sunset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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