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title: Specify the object that remained behind upon the stair and became th… — Grimm's Tales, Cinderella, part 17: Ci… · tree and pragmatics
description: Specify the object that remained behind upon the stair and became the instrument by which the prince sought his bride. Exam question 4 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 mak
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm's Tales, Cinderella, part 17: Cinderella goes to the…

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Specify the object that remained behind upon the stair and became the instrument by which the prince sought his bride.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, object, prince · **What happens:** specify, remain, become, seek · **To what, where:** object, stair, instrument, bride

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:114-pg11027-part17:e4:1
# text = Specify the object that remained behind upon the stair and became the instrument by which the prince sought his bride.
1	Specify	specify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	remained	remain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stair	stair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	instrument	instrument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	xcomp	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	obl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	sought	seek	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **specify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the object |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme |
| 2 | **remain** | past | the object |  |  | the stair |  | behind *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon stair=Location |
| 3 | **become** | past | the object *not said here* | the instrument |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **seek** | past | the prince | prince's bride |  |  |  | by the instrument | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bride=Theme by which=Location |

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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 {#o1}

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The left shoe.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:114-pg11027-part17:e4:o1:1
# text = The left shoe.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The right golden slipper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:114-pg11027-part17:e4:o2:1
# text = The right golden slipper
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	slipper	slipper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A golden shoe.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:114-pg11027-part17:e4:o3:1
# text = A golden shoe.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The left golden slipper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:114-pg11027-part17:e4:o4:1
# text = The left golden slipper
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	slipper	slipper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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