--- title: Upon what occasion did the tiger solicit the prince's assistance? — Indian Fairy Tales, How the Raja's Son… · tree and pragmatics description: Upon what occasion did the tiger solicit the prince's assistance? Exam question 3 of lesson 1818 «Indian Fairy Tales, How the Raja's Son won the Princess Labam, part 1: the prince disobeys his mother and sets out to find Labam» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1818-pg7128-part2/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/) / [Indian Fairy Tales, How the Raja's Son…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1818-pg7128-part2/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, How the Raja's Son won the Princess La… Upon what occasion did the tiger solicit the prince's assistance? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** occasion, you, prince · **What happens:** do, solicit, assist · **To what, where:** tiger, assistance This is exam question 3 of lesson 1818 «Indian Fairy Tales, How the Raja's Son won the Princess Labam, part 1: the prince disobeys his mother and sets out to find Labam» 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/1818-pg7128-part2/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1818-pg7128-part2:e3:1 # text = Upon what occasion did the tiger solicit the prince's assistance? 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 3 occasion occasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tiger tiger NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 solicit solicit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | occasion | the tiger | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tiger=Eventuality | | 2 | **solicit** | imperative | you *not said here* | the prince's assistance | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **assist** | | the prince | | | | | | nom assistance «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 {#o1} Upon the lodging of a sharp thorn in his foot during the hunt ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1818-pg7128-part2:e3:o1:1 # text = Upon the lodging of a sharp thorn in his foot during the hunt 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lodging lodging NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 thorn thorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 during during ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 hunt hunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} After a hunter had shot an arrow into his leg near the tank ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1818-pg7128-part2:e3:o2:1 # text = After a hunter had shot an arrow into his leg near the tank 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 shot shoot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 near near ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 tank tank NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shoot** | past · perfect · passive | | a hunter | | his leg | | near the tank | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination arrow=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Upon the lodging of a thorn in his foot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1818-pg7128-part2:e3:o3:1 # text = Upon the lodging of a thorn in his foot 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lodging lodging NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 thorn thorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} After he had eaten a large meal ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1818-pg7128-part2:e3:o4:1 # text = After he had eaten a large meal 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past · perfect | he | a large meal | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=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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