--- title: Which two objects did the fugitives take from the palace when they f… — Blue Fairy Book, Princess Mayblossom,… · tree and pragmatics description: Which two objects did the fugitives take from the palace when they fled? Exam question 3 of lesson 1508 «Blue Fairy Book, Princess Mayblossom, part 5: a stormy procession, a cursed scarf, a midnight escape by boat» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1508-pg540-part5/e3/) [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, Princess Mayblossom,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1508-pg540-part5/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Blue Fairy Book, Princess Mayblossom, part 5: a stormy pro… Which two objects did the fugitives take from the palace when they fled? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** two objects, fugitives · **What happens:** do, take, flee · **To what, where:** palace This is exam question 3 of lesson 1508 «Blue Fairy Book, Princess Mayblossom, part 5: a stormy procession, a cursed scarf, a midnight escape by boat» 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/1508-pg540-part5/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1508-pg540-part5:e3:1 # text = Which two objects did the fugitives take from the palace when they fled? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 obj _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 objects object NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fugitives fugitive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | two objects | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | present | the fugitives | | | the palace | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from palace=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **flee** | past | fugitives *= fugitive* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} the crown and the scarf ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1508-pg540-part5:e3:o1:1 # text = the crown and the scarf 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 scarf scarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the purse and the cloak ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1508-pg540-part5:e3:o2:1 # text = the purse and the cloak 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 purse purse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the dagger and the handkerchief ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1508-pg540-part5:e3:o3:1 # text = the dagger and the handkerchief 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dagger dagger NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 handkerchief handkerchief NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the dagger, the handkerchief and the Queen's ring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1508-pg540-part5:e3:o4:1 # text = the dagger, the handkerchief and the Queen's ring 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dagger dagger NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 handkerchief handkerchief NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` 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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