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description: By what means did the Princess come to be informed of the wedding preparations? Exam question 2 of lesson 1087 «Perrault, Riquet with the Tuft: the princess keeps her word and marries the prince» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 2 · Perrault, Riquet with the Tuft: the princess keeps her wor…

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By what means did the Princess come to be informed of the wedding preparations?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Princess · **What happens:** mean, come, inform

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1087 «Perrault, Riquet with the Tuft: the princess keeps her word and marries the prince» 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/1087-pg29021-part12/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1087-pg29021-part12:e2:1
# text = By what means did the Princess come to be informed of the wedding preparations?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	informed	inform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	preparations	preparation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **come** | past · do-support | the Princess |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by what=Location |
| 3 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive · passive | the Princess *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of the wedding preparations | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: of preparation=Topic |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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By overhearing the kitchen beneath her feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1087-pg29021-part12:e2:o1:1
# text = By overhearing the kitchen beneath her feet
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	overhearing	overhear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overhear** | gerund |  | the kitchen |  |  |  | beneath her feet | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kitchen=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By overhearing the kitchen beneath her feet, and then asking the cooks directly about the feast preparations

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1087-pg29021-part12:e2:o2:1
# text = By overhearing the kitchen beneath her feet, and then asking the cooks directly about the feast preparations
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	overhearing	overhear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cooks	cook	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
15	about	about	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	preparations	preparation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overhear** | gerund |  | the kitchen |  |  |  | beneath her feet | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kitchen=Stimulus |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  | the cooks |  |  | then | about the feast preparations; directly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent cook=Recipient about preparation=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By overhearing the kitchen beneath her feet while she walked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1087-pg29021-part12:e2:o3:1
# text = By overhearing the kitchen beneath her feet while she walked
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	overhearing	overhear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overhear** | gerund |  | the kitchen |  |  |  | beneath her feet | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kitchen=Stimulus |
| 2 | **walk** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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By reading a note from the King

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1087-pg29021-part12:e2:o4:1
# text = By reading a note from the King
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | gerund |  | a note |  |  |  | from the King | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent note=Topic from king=Source |

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