--- title: Which of the following accurately states the reason for which the Pr… — Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and t… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following accurately states the reason for which the Prince quitted his kingdom? Exam question 2 of lesson 1417 «Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess, part 4: the Prince meets the old Fairy in a cave and she talks on about noses» of the books course of Mova's pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1417-pg503-part4/e2/) [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/) / [Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1417-pg503-part4/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princ… Which of the following accurately states the reason for which the Prince quitted his kingdom? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Prince · **What happens:** follow, state, quitt · **To what, where:** reason, kingdom This is exam question 2 of lesson 1417 «Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess, part 4: the Prince meets the old Fairy in a cave and she talks on about noses» 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/1417-pg503-part4/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1417-pg503-part4:e2:1 # text = Which of the following accurately states the reason for which the Prince quitted his kingdom? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 2 of of SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 nsubj _ _ 5 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 states state VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 quitted quitt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **state** *speech: other* | present | | the reason | | | | accurately *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic | | 3 | **quitt** | past | the Prince | Prince's kingdom | | | | for the reason | 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 {#o1} To hunt a dragon in the hills ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1417-pg503-part4:e2:o1:1 # text = To hunt a dragon in the hills 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 hunt hunt VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hunt** | to-infinitive | | a dragon | | the hills | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent dragon=Theme in hill=Location | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He sought the Princess after her abduction by the enchanter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1417-pg503-part4:e2:o2:1 # text = He sought the Princess after her abduction by the enchanter 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 after after 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 abduction abduction NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 enchanter enchanter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seek** | past | He | the Princess | | | after Princess's abduction | by the enchanter | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent princess=Theme by enchanter=Location | | 2 | **abduct** | | Princess | | | | | | nom abduction «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} To find a horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1417-pg503-part4:e2:o3:1 # text = To find a horse 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 find find VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | to-infinitive | | a horse | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} To rescue his father from war ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1417-pg503-part4:e2:o4:1 # text = To rescue his father from war 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 rescue rescue VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rescue** | to-infinitive | | his father | | war | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent father=Theme from war=Source | **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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