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title: With what object did the Prince make his observation of the Princess… — Perrault's Tales, Donkey-skin, part 17… · tree and pragmatics
description: With what object did the Prince make his observation of the Princess, as recorded in the text? Exam question 1 of lesson 1092 «Perrault's Tales, Donkey-skin, part 17: the Princess, hidden in her donkey skin, works at a farm and the Prince spies on her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, w
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# Exam question 1 · Perrault's Tales, Donkey-skin, part 17: the Princess, hidd…

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With what object did the Prince make his observation of the Princess, as recorded in the text?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Prince · **What happens:** make, record, observe · **To what, where:** observation, text, Princess

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1092 «Perrault's Tales, Donkey-skin, part 17: the Princess, hidden in her donkey skin, works at a farm and the Prince spies on her» 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/1092-pg29021-part17/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1092-pg29021-part17:e1:1
# text = With what object did the Prince make his observation of the Princess, as recorded in the text?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
3	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
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	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	observation	observation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · do-support | the Prince | Prince's observation of the Princess |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset what=Beneficiary observation=Product |
| 2 | **record** | participle | the Prince *not said here* |  |  | the text |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in text=Destination |
| 3 | **observe** |  | Prince | the Princess |  |  |  |  | nom observation «act transitive»: poss=agent 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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a keyhole in a door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1092-pg29021-part17:e1:o1:1
# text = a keyhole in a door
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	keyhole	keyhole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	door	door	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 gap under a gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1092-pg29021-part17:e1:o2:1
# text = a gap under a gate
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gap	gap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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a small round hole in the great iron door of the chamber

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1092-pg29021-part17:e1:o3:1
# text = a small round hole in the great iron door of the chamber
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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through the cracks of a heavy wooden shutter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1092-pg29021-part17:e1:o4:1
# text = through the cracks of a heavy wooden shutter
1	through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cracks	crack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	shutter	shutter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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