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title: Which obstacle prevented the girl from waking the Prince on the firs… — Popular Tales from the Norse, East of… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which obstacle prevented the girl from waking the Prince on the first night? Exam question 2 of lesson 1420 «Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 7: the North Wind carries her to the castle, and the shirt goes wrong» of the books course of Mova's primary school, w
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# Exam question 2 · Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of…

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Which obstacle prevented the girl from waking the Prince on the first night?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** obstacle · **What happens:** prevent, wake · **To what, where:** girl, Prince

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1420 «Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 7: the North Wind carries her to the castle, and the shirt goes wrong» 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/1420-pg503-part7/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1420-pg503-part7:e2:1
# text = Which obstacle prevented the girl from waking the Prince on the first night?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	obstacle	obstacle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	prevented	prevent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	waking	wake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	amod	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | past | which obstacle | the girl |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer girl=Theme |
| 2 | **wake** | gerund | which obstacle *not said here* | the Prince |  |  | night |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent prince=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 {#o1}

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A sleeping spell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1420-pg503-part7:e2:o1:1
# text = A sleeping spell
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sleeping	sleeping	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The troll's sleeping potion made earlier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1420-pg503-part7:e2:o2:1
# text = The troll's sleeping potion made earlier
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	amod	_	_
5	potion	potion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	earlier	early	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | past | the troll's sleeping potion |  |  |  |  | early *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The sleeping-drink administered by the Princess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1420-pg503-part7:e2:o3:1
# text = The sleeping-drink administered by the Princess
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	administered	administer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **administer** | participle |  | the sleeping drink *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Princess | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The wine that the Princess poured out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1420-pg503-part7:e2:o4:1
# text = The wine that the Princess poured out
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	poured	pour	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour out** | past | the wine |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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