--- title: Which of the following best describes the circumstances of the Princ… — The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following best describes the circumstances of the Prince's arrival in the country? Exam question 4 of lesson 1556 «The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabbage-Stalk becomes Sunbeam, and a sleepy princess meets a shepherd» of the books course of Mova's primary school, w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1556-pg540-part53/e4/) [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/) / [The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1556-pg540-part53/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabb… Which of the following best describes the circumstances of the Prince's arrival in the country? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Prince · **What happens:** follow, describe, arrive · **To what, where:** circumstances, country This is exam question 4 of lesson 1556 «The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabbage-Stalk becomes Sunbeam, and a sleepy princess meets a shepherd» 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/1556-pg540-part53/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:e4:1 # text = Which of the following best describes the circumstances of the Prince's arrival in the country? 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 Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 case _ _ 5 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 nmod _ _ 6 describes describe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 circumstances circumstance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? 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 | **describe** | present | | the circumstances of the Prince's arrival in the country | | | | of the best | tree rules | | 3 | **arrive** | | the Prince | | | the country | | | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent in=place | 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} He rode in on a grey horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:e4:o1:1 # text = He rode in on a grey horse 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | past | He | | | | | in a grey horse | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} He arrived by ship from the north ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:e4:o2:1 # text = He arrived by ship from the north 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | He | | | the north | | by ship | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from north=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He came strolling in search of shady pasture ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:e4:o3:1 # text = He came strolling in search of shady pasture 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 strolling stroll VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 shady shady ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 pasture pasture NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | He | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stroll** | gerund | He *not said here* | | | search of shady pasture | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in search=Trajectory | | 3 | **search** | | | shady pasture | | | | | nom search «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} He came by horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1556-pg540-part53:e4:o4:1 # text = He came by horse 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | He | | | | | by horse | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by horse=Location | **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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