--- title: Describe the chief sentiment expressed by the King of the Sheep towa… — Fairy Tales, The King of the Sheep, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Describe the chief sentiment expressed by the King of the Sheep towards the Princess throughout this passage. Exam question 4 of lesson 1466 «Fairy Tales, The King of the Sheep, part 53: Miranda leaves the Sheep King to attend her sister's wedding and returns to him» of the books course of Mova's pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1466-pg503-part53/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/) / [Fairy Tales, The King of the Sheep, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1466-pg503-part53/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, The King of the Sheep, part 53: Miranda leave… Describe the chief sentiment expressed by the King of the Sheep towards the Princess throughout this passage. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** describe, express · **To what, where:** chief sentiment This is exam question 4 of lesson 1466 «Fairy Tales, The King of the Sheep, part 53: Miranda leaves the Sheep King to attend her sister's wedding and returns to him» 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/1466-pg503-part53/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1466-pg503-part53:e4:1 # text = Describe the chief sentiment expressed by the King of the Sheep towards the Princess throughout this passage. 1 Describe describe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 sentiment sentiment NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 expressed express 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 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 12 towards towards ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 15 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the chief sentiment | | | throughout this passage | towards the Princess | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sentiment=Theme | | 2 | **express** | participle | | the chief sentiment *not said here* | | | | by the King; of the Sheep | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent of sheep=Initial\_Location | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Profound and devoted affection, expressed with tender gratitude ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1466-pg503-part53:e4:o1:1 # text = Profound and devoted affection, expressed with tender gratitude 1 Profound profound ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 devoted devoted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ 4 affection affection NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 expressed express VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 tender tender NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **express** | participle | | Profound affection *not said here* | | | | with tender gratitude | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Fierce jealousy, expressed with cold anger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1466-pg503-part53:e4:o2:1 # text = Fierce jealousy, expressed with cold anger 1 Fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 jealousy jealousy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 expressed express VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **express** | participle | | Fierce jealousy *not said here* | | | | with cold anger | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Quiet suspicion, hidden behind polite words and cold stares ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1466-pg503-part53:e4:o3:1 # text = Quiet suspicion, hidden behind polite words and cold stares 1 Quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 suspicion suspicion NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 5 behind behind ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 stares stare NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | participle | | Quiet suspicion *not said here* | | polite words and cold stares | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind word=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Mild concern ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1466-pg503-part53:e4:o4:1 # text = Mild concern 1 Mild mild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 concern concern 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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