---
title: Upon what grounds did the youngest Princess object to the proposed m… — Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what grounds did the youngest Princess object to the proposed measures against Michael? Exam question 2 of lesson 1506 «Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wro
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1506-pg540-part3/e2/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1506-pg540-part3/) / e2

# Exam question 2 · Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Upon what grounds did the youngest Princess object to the proposed measures against Michael?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** ground, do, measure · **To what, where:** youngest Princess object

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1506 «Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer» 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/1506-pg540-part3/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:e2:1
# text = Upon what grounds did the youngest Princess object to the proposed measures against Michael?
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grounds	ground	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
7	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	proposed	proposed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	measures	measure	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	against	against	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Michael	Michael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ground** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the youngest Princess object |  |  |  | to the proposed | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Eventuality |
| 3 | **measure** | present |  |  |  |  |  | against Michael | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She would expose the plot to the Duke at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:e2:o1:1
# text = She would expose the plot to the Duke at dawn
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	expose	expose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	plot	plot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Duke	Duke	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expose** | would | She | the plot | the Duke |  | dawn |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent plot=Theme to duke=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She would object loudly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:e2:o2:1
# text = She would object loudly
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She would alert the royal guard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:e2:o3:1
# text = She would alert the royal guard
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	alert	alert	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alert** *speech: other* | would | She | the royal guard |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent guard=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She would reveal the secret of the holes in their shoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:e2:o4:1
# text = She would reveal the secret of the holes in their shoes
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	reveal	reveal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reveal** | would | She | the secret of the holes |  | holes's shoes |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Topic |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1506-pg540-part3/e1/)
- next →: [Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1506-pg540-part3/e3/)
- ↑ back to [Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1506-pg540-part3/)