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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, The Prince and the Bee, part 30: the bee-princ…

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Through which opening did the prince, in the form of an insect, enter the princess's chamber?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** opening, you · **What happens:** do, enter, form · **To what, where:** prince, form, chamber, insect

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1229 «Fairy Book, The Prince and the Bee, part 30: the bee-prince steals the sword, and the mermaid pulls him under the waves» 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/1229-pg3282-part30/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1229-pg3282-part30:e2:1
# text = Through which opening did the prince, in the form of an insect, enter the princess's chamber?
1	Through	through	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	opening	opening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	insect	insect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
15	enter	enter	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which opening | the prince |  | the form of a insect |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality |
| 2 | **enter** | imperative | you *not said here* | the princess's chamber |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme chamber=Destination |
| 3 | **form** |  |  | a insect |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1229-pg3282-part30:e2:o1:1
# text = The window
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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The keyhole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1229-pg3282-part30:e2:o2:1
# text = The keyhole
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	keyhole	keyhole	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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The narrow crack under the great oak door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1229-pg3282-part30:e2:o3:1
# text = The narrow crack under the great oak door
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The little grille high up in the eastern wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1229-pg3282-part30:e2:o4:1
# text = The little grille high up in the eastern wall
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	grille	grille	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	up	up	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	eastern	eastern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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