--- title: Which of the following accurately states the reason the princess was… — English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads o… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following accurately states the reason the princess was sent away from the Court of Colchester? Exam question 3 of lesson 1975 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well, part 34: the princess helps three golden heads, wins a king, and her stepsister is sent off with sweets» of t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1975-pg7439-part34/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/) / [English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads o…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1975-pg7439-part34/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well, part 34:… Which of the following accurately states the reason the princess was sent away from the Court of Colchester? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** reason · **What happens:** follow, state, send away · **To what, where:** reason, princess, Court This is exam question 3 of lesson 1975 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well, part 34: the princess helps three golden heads, wins a king, and her stepsister is sent off with sweets» 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/1975-pg7439-part34/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1975-pg7439-part34:e3:1 # text = Which of the following accurately states the reason the princess was sent away from the Court of Colchester? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 2 of of SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 nsubj _ _ 5 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 states state VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 away away ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Colchester Colchester PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 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 | **state** *speech: other* | present | | the reason | | | | accurately *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic | | 3 | **send away** | past · passive | the reason *not said here* | the princess | | the Court of Colchester | | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from court=Source | 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} The king had been set against her by false reports ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1975-pg7439-part34:e3:o1:1 # text = The king had been set against her by false reports 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 against against ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 reports report NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past · perfect · passive | false reports | the king | | | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme her=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} The court had been set against her by her stepmother ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1975-pg7439-part34:e3:o2:1 # text = The court had been set against her by her stepmother 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 against against ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 stepmother stepmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past · perfect · passive | court's stepmother | the court | | | | against her *= she* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme against she=Destination | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} She had been accused by her father ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1975-pg7439-part34:e3:o3:1 # text = She had been accused by her father 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 accused accuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accuse** | past · perfect · passive | her father | She | | | | | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Her own choosing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1975-pg7439-part34:e3:o4:1 # text = Her own choosing 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obl _ _ 3 choosing choose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | gerund | | Her own | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: 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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