--- title: Which of the following describes the action of the Princess in the u… — Grimm's Household Tales, The Iron Stov… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following describes the action of the Princess in the underground palace? Exam question 1 of lesson 1685 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Iron Stove, part 1: the princess promises help and loses her way home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1685-pg640-part9/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/) / [Grimm's Household Tales, The Iron Stov…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1685-pg640-part9/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Grimm's Household Tales, The Iron Stove, part 1: the princ… Which of the following describes the action of the Princess in the underground palace? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Princess · **What happens:** follow, describe, act · **To what, where:** action, underground palace This is exam question 1 of lesson 1685 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Iron Stove, part 1: the princess promises help and loses her way home» 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/1685-pg640-part9/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1685-pg640-part9:e1:1 # text = Which of the following describes the action of the Princess in the underground palace? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 2 of of SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 nsubj _ _ 5 describes describe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 underground underground ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 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 action of the Princess | | the underground palace | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme | | 3 | **act** | | the Princess | | | | | | nom action «act intransitive»: of=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 {#o1} She fled from the palace and returned to her father ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1685-pg640-part9:e1:o1:1 # text = She fled from the palace and returned to her father 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flee** | past | She | | | the palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from palace=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **return** | past | She *not said here* | | | | | to her father *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to father=Result | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} She hid behind the picture and then embraced her husband ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1685-pg640-part9:e1:o2:1 # text = She hid behind the picture and then embraced her husband 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 behind behind ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 8 embraced embrace VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past | She | | | the picture | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind picture=Location | | 2 | **embrace** | past | She *not said here* | her husband | | | then | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Co-Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} She remained in the wood and awaited the eagles ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1685-pg640-part9:e1:o3:1 # text = She remained in the wood and awaited the eagles 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 awaited await VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | past | She | | | the wood | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location | | 2 | **await** | past | She *not said here* | the eagles | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} She summoned the toads to attend the wedding ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1685-pg640-part9:e1:o4:1 # text = She summoned the toads to attend the wedding 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 summoned summon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 toads toad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **summon** | past | She | | the toads | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Recipient | | 2 | **attend** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the wedding | | | | | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wedding=Goal | **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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