--- title: Determine the precise reason advanced by the pages for their petitio… — pg641, Fet-Fruners, part 58: the princ… · tree and pragmatics description: Determine the precise reason advanced by the pages for their petition that the princess should attend to the kitchen. Exam question 4 of lesson 1807 «pg641, Fet-Fruners, part 58: the princess passes the trap, is sent off with Sunlight, and sails to find Iliane» of the books course of Mova's primary --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1807-pg641-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/) / [pg641, Fet-Fruners, part 58: the princ…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1807-pg641-part58/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · pg641, Fet-Fruners, part 58: the princess passes the trap,… Determine the precise reason advanced by the pages for their petition that the princess should attend to the kitchen. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, princess, pages · **What happens:** determine, advance, attend, petition · **To what, where:** precise reason, petition This is exam question 4 of lesson 1807 «pg641, Fet-Fruners, part 58: the princess passes the trap, is sent off with Sunlight, and sails to find Iliane» 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/1807-pg641-part58/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1807-pg641-part58:e4:1 # text = Determine the precise reason advanced by the pages for their petition that the princess should attend to the kitchen. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 precise precise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 advanced advance VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 pages page NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 petition petition NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the precise reason | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic | | 2 | **advance** | participle | | the precise reason *not said here* | | | | by the pages; for pages's petition *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for petition=Goal | | 3 | **attend** | should | the princess | pages's petition *not said here* | | | | to the kitchen | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme petition=Goal | | 4 | **petition** | | pages *= page* | | | | | | nom petition «communication 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 {#o1} The cooks were ill ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1807-pg641-part58:e4:o1:1 # text = The cooks were ill 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cooks cook NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the cooks | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The cooks had become intoxicated ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1807-pg641-part58:e4:o2:1 # text = The cooks had become intoxicated 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cooks cook NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 intoxicated intoxicate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past · perfect | the cooks | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **intoxicate** | participle | the cooks *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} The cooks had fallen asleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1807-pg641-part58:e4:o3:1 # text = The cooks had fallen asleep 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cooks cook NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past · perfect | the cooks | | | | | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} They were drunk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1807-pg641-part58:e4:o4:1 # text = They were drunk 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 drunk drink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | past · passive | | They | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | **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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