--- title: Upon what object was the Princess's hand to be pierced, according to… — Perrault, The Sleeping Beauty in the W… · tree and pragmatics description: Upon what object was the Princess's hand to be pierced, according to the elder Fairy's decree? Exam question 1 of lesson 1427 «Perrault, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part 14: the Princess pricks her hand, falls asleep, and wakes when a Prince finds her» of the books course of Mova's primary scho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1427-pg503-part14/e1/) [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/) / [Perrault, The Sleeping Beauty in the W…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1427-pg503-part14/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Perrault, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part 14: the Pr… Upon what object was the Princess's hand to be pierced, according to the elder Fairy's decree? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** elder Fairy · **What happens:** be, pierce, accord, decree · **To what, where:** hand This is exam question 1 of lesson 1427 «Perrault, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part 14: the Princess pricks her hand, falls asleep, and wakes when a Prince finds her» 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/1427-pg503-part14/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1427-pg503-part14:e1:1 # text = Upon what object was the Princess's hand to be pierced, according to the elder Fairy's decree? 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 pierced pierce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 case _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 13 fixed _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 decree decree NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the Princess's hand | | | | upon object | tree rules | | 2 | **pierce** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | accord the elder Fairy's decree | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP» | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **decree** | | the elder Fairy | | | | | | nom decree «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} a silver pin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1427-pg503-part14:e1:o1:1 # text = a silver pin 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 pin pin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a thorn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1427-pg503-part14:e1:o2:1 # text = a thorn 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 thorn thorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a needle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1427-pg503-part14:e1:o3:1 # text = a needle 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 needle needle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} a spindle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1427-pg503-part14:e1:o4:1 # text = a spindle 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 spindle spindle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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