--- title: What was the outcome of the serpent's attempt to kiss the princess? — Pink Fairy Book, The Cat's Elopement,… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the outcome of the serpent's attempt to kiss the princess? Exam question 3 of lesson 1612 «Pink Fairy Book, The Cat's Elopement, part 1: Gon and Koma run away, but a big dog splits them up» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1612-pg5615-part1/e3/) [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/) / [Pink Fairy Book, The Cat's Elopement,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1612-pg5615-part1/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Pink Fairy Book, The Cat's Elopement, part 1: Gon and Koma… What was the outcome of the serpent's attempt to kiss the princess? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** serpent · **What happens:** be, kiss, attempt · **To what, where:** outcome, princess This is exam question 3 of lesson 1612 «Pink Fairy Book, The Cat's Elopement, part 1: Gon and Koma run away, but a big dog splits them up» 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/1612-pg5615-part1/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1612-pg5615-part1:e3:1 # text = What was the outcome of the serpent's attempt to kiss the princess? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 outcome outcome NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 attempt attempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 kiss kiss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the outcome | | | | of the serpent's attempt | tree rules | | 2 | **kiss** | to-infinitive | | the princess | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Co-Agent | | 3 | **attempt** | | the serpent | | | | | | nom attempt «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} He was scratched ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1612-pg5615-part1:e3:o1:1 # text = He was scratched 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 scratched scratch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scratch** | past · passive | | He | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He was bitten and then shaken hard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1612-pg5615-part1:e3:o2:1 # text = He was bitten and then shaken hard 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 bitten bite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 6 shaken shake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 7 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | past · passive | | He | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **shake** | participle | | | | | then | hard *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He was bitten, shaken and flung down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1612-pg5615-part1:e3:o3:1 # text = He was bitten, shaken and flung down 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 bitten bite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 shaken shake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 flung fling VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 8 down down ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | past · passive | | He | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **shake** | participle | | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **fling down** | participle | | | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} He was clawed and tossed aside ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1612-pg5615-part1:e3:o4:1 # text = He was clawed and tossed aside 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 clawed claw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 tossed toss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 6 aside aside ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **claw** | past · passive | | He | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **toss** | participle | | | | | | aside *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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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