--- title: What was the principal impediment to the Prince's recovery, accordin… — Old French Fairy Tales, Donkey-skin, p… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the principal impediment to the Prince's recovery, according to the physicians? Exam question 2 of lesson 1093 «Old French Fairy Tales, Donkey-skin, part 18: the ring is tried on every finger» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1093-pg29021-part18/e2/) [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/) / [Old French Fairy Tales, Donkey-skin, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1093-pg29021-part18/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Old French Fairy Tales, Donkey-skin, part 18: the ring is… What was the principal impediment to the Prince's recovery, according to the physicians? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Prince · **What happens:** be, accord, recover · **To what, where:** principal impediment This is exam question 2 of lesson 1093 «Old French Fairy Tales, Donkey-skin, part 18: the ring is tried on every finger» 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/1093-pg29021-part18/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1093-pg29021-part18:e2:1 # text = What was the principal impediment to the Prince's recovery, according to the physicians? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 impediment impediment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 recovery recovery NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 case _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 12 fixed _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 physicians physician NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the principal impediment and the physicians | | | | to the Prince's recovery | tree rules | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **recover** | | the Prince | | | | | | nom recovery «event intransitive»: poss=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} the sickness of greed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1093-pg29021-part18:e2:o1:1 # text = the sickness of greed 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sickness sickness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 greed greed NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a fever of the blood ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1093-pg29021-part18:e2:o2:1 # text = a fever of the blood 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fever fever NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a fever ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1093-pg29021-part18:e2:o3:1 # text = a fever 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fever fever NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} the malady of love ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1093-pg29021-part18:e2:o4:1 # text = the malady of love 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 malady malady NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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