--- title: Upon which word did John first succeed in determining the princess's… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling… · tree and pragmatics description: Upon which word did John first succeed in determining the princess's thought? Exam question 1 of lesson 1009 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling Companion, part 220: John guesses "shoe" and wins the first riddle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1009-pg27200-part220/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1009-pg27200-part220/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling Companion, part 220… Upon which word did John first succeed in determining the princess's thought? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, succeed, determine, think · **To what, where:** John This is exam question 1 of lesson 1009 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling Companion, part 220: John guesses "shoe" and wins the first riddle» 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/1009-pg27200-part220/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1009-pg27200-part220:e1:1 # text = Upon which word did John first succeed in determining the princess's thought? 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 advmod _ _ 7 succeed succeed VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 in in SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 determining determine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | John | | | | upon which word | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent john=Eventuality | | 2 | **succeed** | present | | | | | | first *property* | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **determine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} "Key," as the single word uttered ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1009-pg27200-part220:e1:o1:1 # text = "Key," as the single word uttered 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Key key NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 9 uttered utter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **utter** *speech: other* | participle | | the single word *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} "Ring," as the second word tried ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1009-pg27200-part220:e1:o2:1 # text = "Ring," as the second word tried 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 amod _ _ 8 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 9 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | participle | | the second word *not said here* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} "Shoe," as the single word uttered ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1009-pg27200-part220:e1:o3:1 # text = "Shoe," as the single word uttered 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Shoe shoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 9 uttered utter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **utter** *speech: other* | participle | | the single word *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} "Hat," as the single word uttered ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1009-pg27200-part220:e1:o4:1 # text = "Hat," as the single word uttered 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 9 uttered utter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **utter** *speech: other* | participle | | the single word *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | **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. 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