--- title: What was the eventual response of the monarch upon witnessing the ar… — Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpl… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the eventual response of the monarch upon witnessing the armed host beneath his window? Exam question 4 of lesson 1723 «Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpleton, the Simpleton beats the King's impossible tasks and wins the Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1723-pg640-part47/e4/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpl…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1723-pg640-part47/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpleton, the Simpleton… What was the eventual response of the monarch upon witnessing the armed host beneath his window? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** monarch · **What happens:** be, witness · **To what, where:** eventual response, armed host This is exam question 4 of lesson 1723 «Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpleton, the Simpleton beats the King's impossible tasks and wins the Princess» 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/1723-pg640-part47/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1723-pg640-part47:e4:1 # text = What was the eventual response of the monarch upon witnessing the armed host beneath his window? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 eventual eventual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 witnessing witness VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the eventual response | | | | of the monarch | tree rules | | 2 | **witness** | gerund | the monarch *not said here* | the armed host | | | | beneath his window | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent host=Beneficiary | 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 fled the palace ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1723-pg640-part47:e4:o1:1 # text = He fled the palace 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flee** | past | He | the palace | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palace=Initial\_Location | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He acknowledged his own powerlessness ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1723-pg640-part47:e4:o2:1 # text = He acknowledged his own powerlessness 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 acknowledged acknowledge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 powerlessness powerlessness NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **acknowledge** | past | He | his own powerlessness | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent powerlessness=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} He sent the Simpleton a letter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1723-pg640-part47:e4:o3:1 # text = He sent the Simpleton a letter 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sent send 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 Simpleton Simpleton PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | He | a letter | the Simpleton | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent simpleton=Destination letter=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He ordered the army to march ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1723-pg640-part47:e4:o4:1 # text = He ordered the army to march 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ordered order 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 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 march march VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | past | He | the army | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent army=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **march** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the army *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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