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title: By whom was the sleeping Princess awakened at the close of the narra… — Perrault, The Sleeping Beauty in the W… · tree and pragmatics
description: By whom was the sleeping Princess awakened at the close of the narrative? Exam question 3 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, with the dependen
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# Exam question 3 · Perrault, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part 14: the Pr…

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By whom was the sleeping Princess awakened at the close of the narrative?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Princess · **What happens:** be, awaken · **To what, where:** close

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1427-pg503-part14:e3:1
# text = By whom was the sleeping Princess awakened at the close of the narrative?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	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	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
6	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	awakened	awaken	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	close	close	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | by the sleeping | tree rules |
| 2 | **awaken** | past | Princess |  |  | the close of the narrative |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at close=Location |

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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 passing knight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1427-pg503-part14:e3:o1:1
# text = a passing knight
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	passing	passing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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a brave prince who had crossed the thorny forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1427-pg503-part14:e3:o2:1
# text = a brave prince who had crossed the thorny forest
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	crossed	cross	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	thorny	thorny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | past · perfect | a brave prince | the thorny forest |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forest=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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a king's son

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1427-pg503-part14:e3:o3:1
# text = a king's son
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a prince from a distant kingdom across the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1427-pg503-part14:e3:o4:1
# text = a prince from a distant kingdom across the sea
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	across	across	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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