--- title: What does the text indicate regarding the Prince's conduct on arrivi… — Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a… · tree and pragmatics description: What does the text indicate regarding the Prince's conduct on arriving at the castle gate? Exam question 3 of lesson 1916 «Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a hungry prince, a patient old woman, and a bell at the castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1916-pg7277-part53/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/) / [Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1916-pg7277-part53/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a hungry prince, a pat… What does the text indicate regarding the Prince's conduct on arriving at the castle gate? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** text, conduct, Prince · **What happens:** indicate, regard, arrive, conduct · **To what, where:** castle gate This is exam question 3 of lesson 1916 «Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a hungry prince, a patient old woman, and a bell at the castle» 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/1916-pg7277-part53/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1916-pg7277-part53:e3:1 # text = What does the text indicate regarding the Prince's conduct on arriving at the castle gate? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 text text NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 indicate indicate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 regarding regard VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 on on SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 arriving arrive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **indicate** | present · do-support | the text | | | | | regard the Prince's conduct | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Topic | | 2 | **regard** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **arrive** | gerund | the Prince's conduct *not said here* | | | the castle gate | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **conduct** | | the Prince | | | | | | nom conduct «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} He asked the bats for guidance ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1916-pg7277-part53:e3:o1:1 # text = He asked the bats for guidance 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asked ask 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 bats bat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 guidance guidance NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | He | the bats | | | | for guidance | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bat=Recipient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He struck the bell without the least hesitation ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1916-pg7277-part53:e3:o2:1 # text = He struck the bell without the least hesitation 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 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 without without ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 amod _ _ 8 hesitation hesitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past | He | the bell | | | | without the least hesitation | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bell=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} He turned back at the gate in fear ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1916-pg7277-part53:e3:o3:1 # text = He turned back at the gate in fear 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn back** | past | He | | | the gate | | in fear | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} He wept quietly beside the moat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1916-pg7277-part53:e3:o4:1 # text = He wept quietly beside the moat 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 beside beside ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 moat moat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weep** | past | He | | | the moat | | quietly *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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