--- title: Identify the sign by which the Prince was to determine his course at… — Balkan Folk-Tales, Iwanich and Militza… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the sign by which the Prince was to determine his course at each cross-road. Exam question 3 of lesson 1714 «Balkan Folk-Tales, Iwanich and Militza, part 38: Militza flies off, Iwanich lies to his father, and the beasts close in» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1714-pg640-part38/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/) / [Balkan Folk-Tales, Iwanich and Militza…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1714-pg640-part38/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Balkan Folk-Tales, Iwanich and Militza, part 38: Militza f… Identify the sign by which the Prince was to determine his course at each cross-road. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Prince · **What happens:** identify, be · **To what, where:** sign, cross-road This is exam question 3 of lesson 1714 «Balkan Folk-Tales, Iwanich and Militza, part 38: Militza flies off, Iwanich lies to his father, and the beasts close in» 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/1714-pg640-part38/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1714-pg640-part38:e3:1 # text = Identify the sign by which the Prince was to determine his course at each cross-road. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 determine determine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl:relcl _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ _ 15 cross-road cross-road NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sign | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sign=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the Prince | the sign *not said here* | | each cross-road | | by the sign; determine *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The lustre of the diamond ring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1714-pg640-part38:e3:o1:1 # text = The lustre of the diamond ring 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lustre lustre NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 diamond diamond NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The lustre of the silver ring that the old beggar gave him at the oak ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1714-pg640-part38:e3:o2:1 # text = The lustre of the silver ring that the old beggar gave him at the oak 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lustre lustre NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 beggar beggar NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the lustre of the silver ring | | beggar | the oak | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Theme at oak=Asset | ### Option 3 {#o3} The brightness of the ring when it points toward the correct road at each fork ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1714-pg640-part38:e3:o3:1 # text = The brightness of the ring when it points toward the correct road at each fork 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 brightness brightness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 points point VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 9 toward toward ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ _ 15 fork fork NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **point** | present | ring | | | each fork | | toward the correct road | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The position of the sun at noon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1714-pg640-part38:e3:o4:1 # text = The position of the sun at noon 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 position position NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` 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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