--- title: By what means did the old man recover the Princess's bed from the sea? — Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, p… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the old man recover the Princess's bed from the sea? Exam question 1 of lesson 1527 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 24: stolen dinners lead the King to the real Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1527-pg540-part24/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, Princess Rosette, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1527-pg540-part24/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 24: stolen dinne… By what means did the old man recover the Princess's bed from the sea? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old man · **What happens:** mean, recover · **To what, where:** bed, sea This is exam question 1 of lesson 1527 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 24: stolen dinners lead the King to the real Princess» 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/1527-pg540-part24/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1527-pg540-part24:e1:1 # text = By what means did the old man recover the Princess's bed from the sea? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 recover recover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **recover** | past · do-support | the old man | the Princess's bed | | the sea | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent bed=Theme from sea=Source | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} with a long boat-hook ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1527-pg540-part24:e1:o1:1 # text = with a long boat-hook 1 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 4 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 hook hook NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} by a boat-hook ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1527-pg540-part24:e1:o2:1 # text = by a boat-hook 1 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 hook hook NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} with a fishing net ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1527-pg540-part24:e1:o3:1 # text = with a fishing net 1 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 fishing fishing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} using a long oar ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1527-pg540-part24:e1:o4:1 # text = using a long oar 1 using use VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 oar oar NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | gerund | | a long oar | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oar=Patient | **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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