--- title: Identify the principal character who undertakes to return within a l… — Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal character who undertakes to return within a limited interval, as recorded in the opening portion of the narrative. Exam question 1 of lesson 1467 «Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to lose their sons in the forest, and Little Thumb leaves a trail of white peb --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1467-pg503-part54/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/) / [Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1467-pg503-part54/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to los… Identify the principal character who undertakes to return within a limited interval, as recorded in the opening portion of the narrative. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, principal character · **What happens:** identify, undertake, return, record · **To what, where:** principal character, opening portion This is exam question 1 of lesson 1467 «Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to lose their sons in the forest, and Little Thumb leaves a trail of white pebbles» 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/1467-pg503-part54/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal character who undertakes to return within a limited interval, as recorded in the opening portion of the narrative. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 undertakes undertake VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 within within ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 limited limited ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 interval interval NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 recorded record VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 opening opening ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal character | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent character=Theme | | 2 | **undertake** | present | the principal character | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **return** | to-infinitive | the principal character *not said here* | | | | | within a limited interval | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **record** | participle | the principal character *not said here* | | | the opening portion of the narrative | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in portion=Destination | 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} The Princess Miranda ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:e1:o1:1 # text = The Princess Miranda 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Miranda Miranda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The fagot-maker's youngest son ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:e1:o2:1 # text = The fagot-maker's youngest son 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 fagot fagot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 maker maker NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The Queen of the palace ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:e1:o3:1 # text = The Queen of the palace 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The Captain of the Guard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:e1:o4:1 # text = The Captain of the Guard 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Captain Captain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Guard Guard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` 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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