--- title: By what means did the Queen obtain information from the courtiers, a… — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Fiordelisa, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the Queen obtain information from the courtiers, as narrated? Exam question 3 of lesson 1865 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Fiordelisa, part 2: Fiordelisa is hidden away in a tower while the Prince visits» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1865-pg7277-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/) / [d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Fiordelisa, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1865-pg7277-part2/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Fiordelisa, part 2: Fiordelisa is… By what means did the Queen obtain information from the courtiers, as narrated? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Queen · **What happens:** mean, obtain, narrate · **To what, where:** information, courtiers · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 3 of lesson 1865 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Fiordelisa, part 2: Fiordelisa is hidden away in a tower while the Prince visits» 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/1865-pg7277-part2/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1865-pg7277-part2:e3:1 # text = By what means did the Queen obtain information from the courtiers, as narrated? 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 0 root _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 obtain obtain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 information information NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 narrated narrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 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 clause=Topic | | 2 | **obtain** | present | the Queen | information | | the courtiers | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent information=Theme from courtier=Source | | 3 | **narrate** *speech: other* | participle | the Queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} by private questioning and report ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1865-pg7277-part2:e3:o1:1 # text = by private questioning and report 1 by by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 questioning questioning NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} by letter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1865-pg7277-part2:e3:o2:1 # text = by letter 1 by by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} by private questioning, bribery and a report from her spies ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1865-pg7277-part2:e3:o3:1 # text = by private questioning, bribery and a report from her spies 1 by by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 questioning questioning NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 bribery bribery NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 spies spy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} by bribing the palace servants ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1865-pg7277-part2:e3:o4:1 # text = by bribing the palace servants 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 bribing bribe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bribe** | gerund | | the palace servants | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=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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