--- title: With reference to the final episode, what was the nightingale's answ… — Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus an… · tree and pragmatics description: With reference to the final episode, what was the nightingale's answer when the Princess inquired after the teacher of his new song? Exam question 4 of lesson 1880 «Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 17: Grumedan dazzles Potentilla with flowers, frogs and pearls, a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1880-pg7277-part17/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/) / [Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1880-pg7277-part17/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Poten… With reference to the final episode, what was the nightingale's answer when the Princess inquired after the teacher of his new song? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** final episode, Princess, teacher · **What happens:** be, inquire, sing · **To what, where:** answer This is exam question 4 of lesson 1880 «Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 17: Grumedan dazzles Potentilla with flowers, frogs and pearls, and Narcissus answers with a nightingale» 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/1880-pg7277-part17/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:e4:1 # text = With reference to the final episode, what was the nightingale's answer when the Princess inquired after the teacher of his new song? 1 With with ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 reference reference NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 episode episode NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 nightingale nightingale NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 after after ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ? ? PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the final episode and the nightingale's answer | the nightingale's answer | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | the Princess | | | | after the teacher of teacher's new song | with reference to the final episode and the nightingale's answer | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **sing** | | teacher | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: 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} Peace ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:e4:o1:1 # text = Peace 1 Peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Practice and patience and a very long study of the old masters ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:e4:o2:1 # text = Practice and patience and a very long study of the old masters 1 Practice practice NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 patience patience NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 study study NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 masters master NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **study** | | | the old masters | | | | | nom study «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} The Princess herself, who had taught him every note of it at dusk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:e4:o3:1 # text = The Princess herself, who had taught him every note of it at dusk 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 dusk dusk NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | the Princess Princess | him *= he* | | dusk | | tree rules | | 2 | **note** | | | note | | | | | nom note «communication transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Love ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:e4:o4:1 # text = Love 1 Love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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