--- title: Which of the following accurately describes the reason the Princess… — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Narciss… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following accurately describes the reason the Princess Potentilla gave for her refusal to attend the Enchanter? Exam question 3 of lesson 1881 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 18: the Enchanter's golden feast, fireworks and chariot ride to the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1881-pg7277-part18/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, Prince Narciss…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1881-pg7277-part18/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess… Which of the following accurately describes the reason the Princess Potentilla gave for her refusal to attend the Enchanter? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Potentilla · **What happens:** follow, describe, give, attend, refuse · **To what, where:** Enchanter This is exam question 3 of lesson 1881 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 18: the Enchanter's golden feast, fireworks and chariot ride to the King» 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/1881-pg7277-part18/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1881-pg7277-part18:e3:1 # text = Which of the following accurately describes the reason the Princess Potentilla gave for her refusal to attend the Enchanter? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 csubj _ _ 5 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 describes describe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Potentilla Potentilla PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 refusal refusal NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Enchanter Enchanter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **describe** | present | | | | | | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **give** | past | | | | | | of the reason; for Potentilla's refusal | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for refusal=Asset | | 4 | **attend** | to-infinitive | | | the Enchanter | | | | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme enchanter=Goal | | 5 | **refuse** | | Potentilla | | | | | | nom refusal «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} she claimed a pain in her little finger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1881-pg7277-part18:e3:o1:1 # text = she claimed a pain in her little finger 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 claimed claim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **claim** *speech: other* | past | she | a pain | | her little finger | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent pain=Topic | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} she said she had a cold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1881-pg7277-part18:e3:o2:1 # text = she said she had a cold 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cold cold NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | she | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** | past | she | a cold | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} she felt sick in her head ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1881-pg7277-part18:e3:o3:1 # text = she felt sick in her head 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | she | | | | | in her head; sick *property* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Theme in head=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} she had a headache ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1881-pg7277-part18:e3:o4:1 # text = she had a headache 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 headache headache NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | she | a headache | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent headache=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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