--- title: Which of the following obstacles did the Princess overcome on her jo… — Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following obstacles did the Princess overcome on her journey towards the dwelling of the Sun? Exam question 1 of lesson 1529 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess struggles across deserts and mountains to the Sun's palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1529-pg540-part26/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 Pig King, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1529-pg540-part26/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess str… Which of the following obstacles did the Princess overcome on her journey towards the dwelling of the Sun? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** following obstacles, her · **What happens:** follow, do, journey · **To what, where:** Princess overcome, journey This is exam question 1 of lesson 1529 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess struggles across deserts and mountains to the Sun's palace» 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/1529-pg540-part26/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:e1:1 # text = Which of the following obstacles did the Princess overcome on her journey towards the dwelling of the Sun? 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 obstacles obstacle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 overcome overcome NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 towards towards ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? 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 | **do** | past | the following obstacles | the Princess overcome | | her journey | | towards the dwelling of the Sun | tree rules | | 3 | **journey** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=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} sandy deserts, rocky mountains, swamps, a precipice and a burning river of fire ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:e1:o1:1 # text = sandy deserts, rocky mountains, swamps, a precipice and a burning river of fire 1 sandy sandy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 deserts desert NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 rocky rocky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 swamps swamp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 precipice precipice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 burning burn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 amod _ _ 14 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} sandy deserts, rocky mountains, swamps and a precipice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:e1:o2:1 # text = sandy deserts, rocky mountains, swamps and a precipice 1 sandy sandy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 deserts desert NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 rocky rocky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 swamps swamp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 precipice precipice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} hot sand, sharp peaks, marshes and a cliff edge ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:e1:o3:1 # text = hot sand, sharp peaks, marshes and a cliff edge 1 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 peaks peak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 marshes marsh NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} sandy deserts, rocky mountains, forests and a canyon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:e1:o4:1 # text = sandy deserts, rocky mountains, forests and a canyon 1 sandy sandy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 deserts desert NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 rocky rocky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 forests forest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 canyon canyon 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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