--- title: Which action did the elder princess perform upon the person she beli… — Household Tales, The Girl at the Brook… · tree and pragmatics description: Which action did the elder princess perform upon the person she believed to be Minnikin? Exam question 1 of lesson 1576 «Household Tales, The Girl at the Brook, part 73: the brother fetches his sister, and they set sail with the stepmother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1576-pg540-part73/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/) / [Household Tales, The Girl at the Brook…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1576-pg540-part73/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Household Tales, The Girl at the Brook, part 73: the broth… Which action did the elder princess perform upon the person she believed to be Minnikin? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action, elder princess, princess · **What happens:** do, perform, believe, be · **To what, where:** person, Minnikin This is exam question 1 of lesson 1576 «Household Tales, The Girl at the Brook, part 73: the brother fetches his sister, and they set sail with the stepmother» 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/1576-pg540-part73/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1576-pg540-part73:e1:1 # text = Which action did the elder princess perform upon the person she believed to be Minnikin? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 perform perform VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 15 Minnikin Minnikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which action | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **perform** | present | the elder princess | | | | | upon the person | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **believe** | past | princess | the person *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer person=Stimulus | | 4 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | Minnikin | | | | | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} She embraced him and kissed him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1576-pg540-part73:e1:o1:1 # text = She embraced him and kissed him 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 embraced embrace VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **embrace** | past | She | him *= he* | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 2 | **kiss** | past | She *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} She hugged him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1576-pg540-part73:e1:o2:1 # text = She hugged him 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hugged hug VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hug** | past | She | him *= he* | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} She waved to him from the window ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1576-pg540-part73:e1:o3:1 # text = She waved to him from the window 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 waved wave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wave** | past | She | | him *= he* | the window | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} She kissed him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1576-pg540-part73:e1:o4:1 # text = She kissed him 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kiss** | past | She | him *= he* | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | **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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