--- title: Which of the following princes succeeded to the throne upon the dece… — Yellow Fairy Book, The King of the Pea… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following princes succeeded to the throne upon the decease of the King and Queen? Exam question 1 of lesson 1525 «Yellow Fairy Book, The King of the Peacocks, part 22: the brothers find the King of the Peacocks and go to prison» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dep --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1525-pg540-part22/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/) / [Yellow Fairy Book, The King of the Pea…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1525-pg540-part22/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Yellow Fairy Book, The King of the Peacocks, part 22: the… Which of the following princes succeeded to the throne upon the decease of the King and Queen? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** following princes, King · **What happens:** follow, succeed, decease This is exam question 1 of lesson 1525 «Yellow Fairy Book, The King of the Peacocks, part 22: the brothers find the King of the Peacocks and go to prison» 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/1525-pg540-part22/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1525-pg540-part22:e1:1 # text = Which of the following princes succeeded to the throne upon the decease of the King and Queen? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 obj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 succeeded succeed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 upon upon ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 decease decease NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **succeed** | past | the following princes | | | | | to the throne upon the decease of the King and Queen | tree rules | | 3 | **decease** | | the King and Queen | | | | | | nom decease «event intransitive»: of=agent | 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 Eldest Brother ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1525-pg540-part22:e1:o1:1 # text = the Eldest Brother 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 Brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the Great Prince of the Peacocks' northern kingdom ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1525-pg540-part22:e1:o2:1 # text = the Great Prince of the Peacocks' northern kingdom 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Peacocks peacock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ' 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 northern northern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the Great Prince ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1525-pg540-part22:e1:o3:1 # text = the Great Prince 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the youngest Prince of the royal house ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1525-pg540-part22:e1:o4:1 # text = the youngest Prince of the royal house 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 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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