--- title: What, according to the bumble-bee, was the proper place of a boy of… — Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince a… · tree and pragmatics description: What, according to the bumble-bee, was the proper place of a boy of the prince's years at that hour? Exam question 4 of lesson 1228 «Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince and the Mermaid, part 29: the prince runs from the mermaid and becomes a lion and a bear» of the books course of Mova's primary sc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1228-pg3282-part29/e4/) [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/) / [Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1228-pg3282-part29/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince and the Mermaid, part… What, according to the bumble-bee, was the proper place of a boy of the prince's years at that hour? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** accord, be · **To what, where:** proper place This is exam question 4 of lesson 1228 «Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince and the Mermaid, part 29: the prince runs from the mermaid and becomes a lion and a bear» 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/1228-pg3282-part29/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1228-pg3282-part29:e4:1 # text = What, according to the bumble-bee, was the proper place of a boy of the prince's years at that hour? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 case _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 3 fixed _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 bumble bumble NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 bee bee NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 's 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the proper place | | | hour | of a boy of the prince's years | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} In the village ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1228-pg3282-part29:e4:o1:1 # text = In the village 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Abroad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1228-pg3282-part29:e4:o2:1 # text = Abroad 1 Abroad abroad ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} At school ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1228-pg3282-part29:e4:o3:1 # text = At school 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Safe at home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1228-pg3282-part29:e4:o4:1 # text = Safe at home 1 Safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` 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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