--- title: Which expression describes the Princess's emotional state following… — Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the Prince… · tree and pragmatics description: Which expression describes the Princess's emotional state following her expulsion from the empire? Exam question 4 of lesson 1734 «Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the Prince shows his true self and the Princess is sent away to sing outside» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1734-pg640-part58/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, The Swineherd: the Prince…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1734-pg640-part58/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the Prince shows his true self… Which expression describes the Princess's emotional state following her expulsion from the empire? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** expression, emotional state · **What happens:** describe, follow, expel · **To what, where:** emotional state, expulsion, empire This is exam question 4 of lesson 1734 «Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the Prince shows his true self and the Princess is sent away to sing outside» 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/1734-pg640-part58/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1734-pg640-part58:e4:1 # text = Which expression describes the Princess's emotional state following her expulsion from the empire? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 expression expression NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 describes describe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 emotional emotional ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 9 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 expulsion expulsion NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 empire empire NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | present | which expression | the Princess's emotional state | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent state=Theme | | 2 | **follow** | gerund | the Princess's emotional state *not said here* | expression's expulsion | | the empire | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent expulsion=Theme from empire=Trajectory | | 3 | **expel** | | expression | | | | | | nom expulsion «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} she stood still and wept ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1734-pg640-part58:e4:o1:1 # text = she stood still and wept 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | she | | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **weep** | past | she *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} she stood still and sulked ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1734-pg640-part58:e4:o2:1 # text = she stood still and sulked 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 sulked sulk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | she | | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sulk** | participle | she *not said here* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} she ran off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1734-pg640-part58:e4:o3:1 # text = she ran off 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run off** | past | she | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} she sang and stamped ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1734-pg640-part58:e4:o4:1 # text = she sang and stamped 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 stamped stamp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | she | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 2 | **stamp** | past | she *not said here* | | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: 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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