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description: Which of the following actions did the prince perform upon reaching the sleeping princess in the tower? Exam question 1 of lesson 120 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Briar Rose: the princess sleeps with the whole palace until a prince's kiss wakes her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Briar Rose: the princess sleeps with…

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Which of the following actions did the prince perform upon reaching the sleeping princess in the tower?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** follow, perform, reach, sleep · **To what, where:** sleeping princess, tower

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 120 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Briar Rose: the princess sleeps with the whole palace until a prince's kiss wakes 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/120-pg11027-part23/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:120-pg11027-part23:e1:1
# text = Which of the following actions did the prince perform upon reaching the sleeping princess in the tower?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	actions	action	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	perform	perform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	reaching	reach	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	amod	_	_
14	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **perform** | past · do-support | the prince |  |  |  |  | of the following actions | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
| 3 | **reach** | gerund | the prince *not said here* | the sleeping princess |  | the tower |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent princess=Theme |
| 4 | **sleep** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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He embraced her gently and wept

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:120-pg11027-part23:e1:o1:1
# text = He embraced her gently and wept
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	embraced	embrace	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **embrace** | past | He | her *= she* |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **weep** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He bestowed a kiss upon her brow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:120-pg11027-part23:e1:o2:1
# text = He bestowed a kiss upon her brow
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bestowed	bestow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kiss	kiss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	brow	brow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bestow** | past | He | a kiss |  |  |  | upon her brow | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He bestowed a kiss upon her brow and then knelt beside her bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:120-pg11027-part23:e1:o3:1
# text = He bestowed a kiss upon her brow and then knelt beside her bed
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bestowed	bestow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kiss	kiss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	brow	brow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	knelt	kneel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bestow** | past | He | a kiss |  |  |  | upon her brow | tree rules |
| 2 | **kneel** | past | He *not said here* |  |  | her bed | then |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside bed=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He offered her a warm embrace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:120-pg11027-part23:e1:o4:1
# text = He offered her a warm embrace
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	offered	offer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	embrace	embrace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | past | He | a warm embrace | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent she=Goal embrace=Theme |

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