--- title: Which object was lost in the river, causing the king's distress? — Lang's Fairy Book, The White Slipper,… · tree and pragmatics description: Which object was lost in the river, causing the king's distress? Exam question 1 of lesson 1196 «Lang's Fairy Book, The White Slipper, part 62: the king loses his slipper and a youth offers a cure» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1196-pg3027-part62/e1/) [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/) / [Lang's Fairy Book, The White Slipper,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1196-pg3027-part62/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Lang's Fairy Book, The White Slipper, part 62: the king lo… Which object was lost in the river, causing the king's distress? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** lose, cause, distress · **To what, where:** object, river, distress This is exam question 1 of lesson 1196 «Lang's Fairy Book, The White Slipper, part 62: the king loses his slipper and a youth offers a cure» 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/1196-pg3027-part62/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1196-pg3027-part62:e1:1 # text = Which object was lost in the river, causing the king's distress? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 lost lose 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 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 causing cause VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 distress distress NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past · passive | | which object | | the river | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **cause** | gerund | | the king's distress | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition distress=Patient | | 3 | **distress** | | the king | | | | | | nom distress «feeling transitive»: 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 {#o1} a small white shoe belonging to the princess that had slipped off in the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1196-pg3027-part62:e1:o1:1 # text = a small white shoe belonging to the princess that had slipped off in the water 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 shoe shoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 belonging belong VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 slipped slip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 off off ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **belong** | gerund | a small white shoe *not said here* | | | | | to the princess | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **slip off** | past · perfect | the princess | | | | | in the water | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in water=Attribute | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} the white slipper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1196-pg3027-part62:e1:o2:1 # text = the white slipper 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 slipper slipper NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the king's white slipper, which had fallen off his foot near the barge's nail ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1196-pg3027-part62:e1:o3:1 # text = the king's white slipper, which had fallen off his foot near the barge's nail 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 slipper slipper NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 off off ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 near near ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 barge barge NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 's 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 nail nail NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall off** | past · perfect | the king's white slipper | king's foot | | the barge's nail | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient foot=Extent | ### Option 4 {#o4} the golden ring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1196-pg3027-part62:e1:o4:1 # text = the golden ring 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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