--- title: At what interval did the princess specify that she would signal her… — Lang fairy book, The Golden Lion: the… · tree and pragmatics description: At what interval did the princess specify that she would signal her identity to the youth? Exam question 2 of lesson 1651 «Lang fairy book, The Golden Lion: the youngest brother hides in a golden lion, wins the princess by her white sash, and marries her» 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/1651-pg5615-part40/e2/) [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/) / [Lang fairy book, The Golden Lion: the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1651-pg5615-part40/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Lang fairy book, The Golden Lion: the youngest brother hid… At what interval did the princess specify that she would signal her identity to the youth? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** princess · **What happens:** specify, signal · **To what, where:** identity, youth This is exam question 2 of lesson 1651 «Lang fairy book, The Golden Lion: the youngest brother hides in a golden lion, wins the princess by her white sash, and marries her» 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/1651-pg5615-part40/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1651-pg5615-part40:e2:1 # text = At what interval did the princess specify that she would signal her identity to the youth? 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obl _ _ 3 interval interval NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 specify specify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 signal signal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 identity identity NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **specify** | past · do-support | the princess | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **signal** *speech: other* | would | princess | princess's identity | the youth | | | | vn instr\_communication-37.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent identity=Topic to youth=Recipient | 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} On the seventh day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1651-pg5615-part40:e2:o1:1 # text = On the seventh day 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 seventh seventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} At dawn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1651-pg5615-part40:e2:o2:1 # text = At dawn 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Daily ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1651-pg5615-part40:e2:o3:1 # text = Daily 1 Daily daily ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} On the eighth day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1651-pg5615-part40:e2:o4:1 # text = On the eighth day 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 eighth eighth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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