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title: exam: Which action did the Prince perform in order to reveal the gol… — Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 27:… · tree and pragmatics
description: exam: Which action did the Prince perform in order to reveal the gold within the single rock? Exam question 1 of lesson 1890 «Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 27: a little monkey shows the Prince a rock of gold, and the Princess Sabella is found to have no heart» of the books course of Mova's prim
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 27: a little monkey sho…

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exam: Which action did the Prince perform in order to reveal the gold within the single rock?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** exam · **What happens:** reveal · **To what, where:** gold

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1890 «Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 27: a little monkey shows the Prince a rock of gold, and the Princess Sabella is found to have no heart» 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/1890-pg7277-part27/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1890-pg7277-part27:e1:1
# text = exam: Which action did the Prince perform in order to reveal the gold within the single rock?
1	exam	exam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	perform	perform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	reveal	reveal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	within	within	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reveal** | past · do-support | exam | the gold |  |  |  | within the single rock | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Topic |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He threw a stone at the rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1890-pg7277-part27:e1:o1:1
# text = He threw a stone at the rock
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	threw	throw	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	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past | He | a stone |  | the rock |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stone=Theme at rock=Destination |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He struck the rock with his spear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1890-pg7277-part27:e1:o2:1
# text = He struck the rock with his spear
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	spear	spear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past | He | the rock |  |  |  | with his spear | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent rock=Patient with spear=Instrument |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He cut the rock with a sword

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1890-pg7277-part27:e1:o3:1
# text = He cut the rock with a sword
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | past | He | the rock |  |  |  | with a sword | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Patient with sword=Instrument |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He used a hammer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1890-pg7277-part27:e1:o4:1
# text = He used a hammer
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	used	use	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	hammer	hammer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | He | a hammer |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hammer=Patient |

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