--- title: By what means did the genius's mother ascertain the true identity of… — Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's You… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the genius's mother ascertain the true identity of the princess? Exam question 3 of lesson 1806 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's Youngest Daughter, part 57: the princess beats three monsters and swaps the genius's flowers» 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/1806-pg641-part57/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/) / [Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's You…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1806-pg641-part57/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's Youngest Daughter, part… By what means did the genius's mother ascertain the true identity of the princess? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mother · **What happens:** mean, ascertain · **To what, where:** true identity This is exam question 3 of lesson 1806 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's Youngest Daughter, part 57: the princess beats three monsters and swaps the genius's flowers» 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/1806-pg641-part57/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1806-pg641-part57:e3:1 # text = By what means did the genius's mother ascertain the true identity of the princess? 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 genius genius NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 ascertain ascertain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 identity identity NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ascertain** | past · do-support | the genius's mother | the true identity of the princess | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Topic | 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} She guessed from her voice and manners ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1806-pg641-part57:e3:o1:1 # text = She guessed from her voice and manners 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 guessed guess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 manners manners NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guess** | past | She | | | her voice and manners | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} She watched her closely at dinner ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1806-pg641-part57:e3:o2:1 # text = She watched her closely at dinner 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 closely closely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | past | She | | | dinner | | closely *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at dinner=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} She suspected her from the outset and tested her with enchanted flowers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1806-pg641-part57:e3:o3:1 # text = She suspected her from the outset and tested her with enchanted flowers 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 suspected suspect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 outset outset NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 tested test VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 amod _ _ 12 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suspect** | past | She | her *= she* | | the outset | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent she=Attribute | | 2 | **test** | past | She *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | with enchanted flowers | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 3 | **enchant** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} She tested her with flowers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1806-pg641-part57:e3:o4:1 # text = She tested her with flowers 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tested test VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **test** | past | She | her *= she* | | | | with flowers | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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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