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title: Identify the object which the mother of the princess bestowed upon h… — Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Goose Girl,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the object which the mother of the princess bestowed upon her daughter as a protective charm prior to departure. Exam question 1 of lesson 98 «Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Goose Girl, part 1: a princess is tricked by her maid on the road and loses her horse and her place» of the books course 
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# Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Goose Girl, part 1: a princess…

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Identify the object which the mother of the princess bestowed upon her daughter as a protective charm prior to departure.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, object · **What happens:** identify, mother, bestow · **To what, where:** object, princess

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 98 «Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Goose Girl, part 1: a princess is tricked by her maid on the road and loses her horse and her place» 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/98-pg11027-part1/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:98-pg11027-part1:e1:1
# text = Identify the object which the mother of the princess bestowed upon her daughter as a protective charm prior to departure.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	bestowed	bestow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	protective	protective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
18	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	20	case	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	fixed	_	_
20	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the object |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme |
| 2 | **mother** |  | the object |  |  |  |  | of the princess | tree rules |
| 3 | **bestow** | participle |  | the princess *not said here* |  |  |  | upon princess's daughter; as a protective charm prior departure | 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}

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a lock of her own hair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:98-pg11027-part1:e1:o1:1
# text = a lock of her own hair
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a lock of golden thread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:98-pg11027-part1:e1:o2:1
# text = a lock of golden thread
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a lock of her own hair wrapped in a silk cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:98-pg11027-part1:e1:o3:1
# text = a lock of her own hair wrapped in a silk cloth
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrap** | participle |  | her own hair *not said here* |  | a silk cloth |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in cloth=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a small silver locket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:98-pg11027-part1:e1:o4:1
# text = a small silver locket
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	locket	locket	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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