--- title: Identify the agent that revealed to the prince the deception practis… — Grimm's Tales, Cinderella, part 17: Ci… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the agent that revealed to the prince the deception practised upon him by the stepsisters. Exam question 2 of lesson 114 «Grimm's Tales, Cinderella, part 17: Cinderella goes to the feast three times, loses a golden slipper, and the prince seeks his bride; the old king makes faithful John pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/114-pg11027-part17/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/) / [Grimm's Tales, Cinderella, part 17: Ci…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/114-pg11027-part17/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Grimm's Tales, Cinderella, part 17: Cinderella goes to the… Identify the agent that revealed to the prince the deception practised upon him by the stepsisters. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, agent, deception · **What happens:** identify, reveal, practise · **To what, where:** agent, prince This is exam question 2 of lesson 114 «Grimm's Tales, Cinderella, part 17: Cinderella goes to the feast three times, loses a golden slipper, and the prince seeks his bride; the old king makes faithful John promise to guard his son» 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/114-pg11027-part17/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:114-pg11027-part17:e2:1 # text = Identify the agent that revealed to the prince the deception practised upon him by the stepsisters. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 agent agent NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 revealed reveal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 deception deception NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 practised practise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 stepsisters stepsister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the agent | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent agent=Theme | | 2 | **reveal** | past | the agent | | the prince | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to prince=Recipient | | 3 | **practise** | past | the deception | | | | | upon him *= he*; by the stepsisters | tree rules | 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 {#o1} The white dove. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:114-pg11027-part17:e2:o1:1 # text = The white dove. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 dove dove NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The white dove, which sang the truth from the hazel-tree ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:114-pg11027-part17:e2:o2:1 # text = The white dove, which sang the truth from the hazel-tree 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 dove dove NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 hazel hazel NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the white dove | the truth | | the hazel tree | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location truth=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The old nurse. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:114-pg11027-part17:e2:o3:1 # text = The old nurse. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The grey pigeon, which warned the prince from the pear-tree ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:114-pg11027-part17:e2:o4:1 # text = The grey pigeon, which warned the prince from the pear-tree 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 pigeon pigeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 warned warn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 pear pear NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | the grey pigeon | | the prince | the pear tree | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient | **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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