--- title: What was the condition of the brothers when the youngest's muslin wa… — Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 3… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the condition of the brothers when the youngest's muslin was revealed? Exam question 4 of lesson 1452 «Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 39: the Prince fetches muslin from a millet seed and is sent for a princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1452-pg503-part39/e4/) [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, The White Cat, part 3…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1452-pg503-part39/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 39: the Prince fetche… What was the condition of the brothers when the youngest's muslin was revealed? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, reveal · **To what, where:** condition, youngest muslin This is exam question 4 of lesson 1452 «Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 39: the Prince fetches muslin from a millet seed and is sent for a princess» 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/1452-pg503-part39/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1452-pg503-part39:e4:1 # text = What was the condition of the brothers when the youngest's muslin was revealed? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 when when SCONJ WRB _ 14 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 muslin muslin NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 revealed reveal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the condition | | | | of the brothers | tree rules | | 2 | **reveal** | past · passive | | the youngest muslin | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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} They stood silent and sorrowful, unable to speak a single word at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1452-pg503-part39:e4:o1:1 # text = They stood silent and sorrowful, unable to speak a single word at all 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 sorrowful sorrowful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | They | | | | | silent *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | a single word | | all | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They stood silent and sorrowful ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1452-pg503-part39:e4:o2:1 # text = They stood silent and sorrowful 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 sorrowful sorrowful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | They | | | | | silent *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} They looked pleased and proud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1452-pg503-part39:e4:o3:1 # text = They looked pleased and proud 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | They | | | | | pleased *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} They stood silent and sorrowful with bowed heads before the throne ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1452-pg503-part39:e4:o4:1 # text = They stood silent and sorrowful with bowed heads before the throne 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 sorrowful sorrowful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 bowed bow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 9 before before ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | They | | | the throne | | with bowed heads; silent *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before throne=Location | | 2 | **bow** | participle | | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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