--- title: Specify the manner in which Prince Vivien proceeded when hunting the… — Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Placida: t… · tree and pragmatics description: Specify the manner in which Prince Vivien proceeded when hunting the moles upon the meadows. Exam question 4 of lesson 1920 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Placida: the two cousins' quests end in joy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1920-pg7277-part57/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/) / [Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Placida: t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1920-pg7277-part57/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Placida: the two cousins' ques… Specify the manner in which Prince Vivien proceeded when hunting the moles upon the meadows. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Prince · **What happens:** specify, proceed, hunt · **To what, where:** manner, moles, meadows This is exam question 4 of lesson 1920 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Placida: the two cousins' quests end in joy» 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/1920-pg7277-part57/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1920-pg7277-part57:e4:1 # text = Specify the manner in which Prince Vivien proceeded when hunting the moles upon the meadows. 1 Specify specify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 6 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 Vivien Vivien PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 8 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 10 hunting hunt VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 xcomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 moles mole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 upon upon ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 meadows meadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **specify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the manner | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme | | 2 | **proceed** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **hunt** | gerund | Prince *not said here* | the moles | | the meadows | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent mole=Theme upon meadow=Location | 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} on horseback ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1920-pg7277-part57:e4:o1:1 # text = on horseback 1 on on ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 horseback horseback NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} quickly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1920-pg7277-part57:e4:o2:1 # text = quickly 1 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} slowly, upon tip-toe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1920-pg7277-part57:e4:o3:1 # text = slowly, upon tip-toe 1 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 tip tip NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 toe toe NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} silently, on his heels ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1920-pg7277-part57:e4:o4:1 # text = silently, on his heels 1 silently silently ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 heels heel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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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