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title: Which party was the first to discover the Princess's deception conce… — Popular Tales from the Norse, East of… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which party was the first to discover the Princess's deception concerning the sleeping-drink? Exam question 4 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 
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# Exam question 4 · Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of…

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Which party was the first to discover the Princess's deception concerning the sleeping-drink?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** party, deception, Princess · **What happens:** be, discover, concern, deceive · **To what, where:** deception, sleeping drink

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1420-pg503-part7:e4:1
# text = Which party was the first to discover the Princess's deception concerning the sleeping-drink?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	discover	discover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	deception	deception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | which party |  |  |  |  | first *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **discover** | to-infinitive |  | the Princess's deception |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deception=Topic |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the Princess's deception *not said here* | the sleeping drink |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus drink=Experiencer |
| 4 | **deceive** |  | the Princess |  |  |  |  |  | nom deception «communication transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The troll-hag

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1420-pg503-part7:e4:o1:1
# text = The troll-hag
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	hag	hag	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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Christian folk held captive in the adjacent chamber

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1420-pg503-part7:e4:o2:1
# text = Christian folk held captive in the adjacent chamber
1	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	captive	captive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	adjacent	adjacent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The kitchen maids who were working below

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1420-pg503-part7:e4:o3:1
# text = The kitchen maids who were working below
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	maids	maid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	working	work	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	below	below	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | past · progressive | the kitchen maids |  |  |  |  | below *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The guards who stood outside the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1420-pg503-part7:e4:o4:1
# text = The guards who stood outside the door
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | the guards |  |  | the door |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent outside door=Location |

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