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description: What reason is given in the text for the Prince's refraining from forcing the door? Exam question 3 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, with the dep
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# Exam question 3 · Perrault's Tales, Donkey-skin, part 17: the Princess, hidd…

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What reason is given in the text for the Prince's refraining from forcing the door?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** give, refrain, force · **To what, where:** text, door

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1092-pg29021-part17:e3:1
# text = What reason is given in the text for the Prince's refraining from forcing the door?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	refraining	refrain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
13	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	forcing	force	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  |  |  | the text |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **refrain** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **force** | gerund |  | the door |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Recipient |

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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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the sound of her singing in the room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1092-pg29021-part17:e3:o1:1
# text = the sound of her singing in the room
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	singing	singing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** |  | her *= she* |  |  | the room |  |  | nom singing «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the thought of his father's anger at him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1092-pg29021-part17:e3:o2:1
# text = the thought of his father's anger at him
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** |  |  | his father's anger at him |  |  |  |  | nom thought «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **anger** |  | his father |  |  |  |  | at him *= he* | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent at=obl |

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

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the respect her beauty inspired in him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1092-pg29021-part17:e3:o3:1
# text = the respect her beauty inspired in him
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	inspired	inspire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inspire** | participle |  | respect's beauty *not said here* |  |  |  | in him *= he* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the sight of the soot and rags she wore on her face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1092-pg29021-part17:e3:o4:1
# text = the sight of the soot and rags she wore on her face
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	soot	soot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	rags	rag	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rag** | present | the sight of the soot |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | past | sight |  |  | sight's face |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sight** |  |  | the soot |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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