--- title: Upon what instrument did the princess perform in order to induce the… — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Herd Boy, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Upon what instrument did the princess perform in order to induce the sea-maiden to emerge? Exam question 3 of lesson 2008 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Herd Boy, part 27: the herd wins the princess by untying the heads, then is taken to the loch» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dep --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2008-pg7885-part27/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/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, The Herd Boy, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2008-pg7885-part27/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Herd Boy, part 27: the herd wins t… Upon what instrument did the princess perform in order to induce the sea-maiden to emerge? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** instrument, princess · **What happens:** do, perform, induce, emerge · **To what, where:** order This is exam question 3 of lesson 2008 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Herd Boy, part 27: the herd wins the princess by untying the heads, then is taken to the loch» 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/2008-pg7885-part27/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2008-pg7885-part27:e3:1 # text = Upon what instrument did the princess perform in order to induce the sea-maiden to emerge? 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 3 instrument instrument NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 perform perform VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 induce induce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 ccomp _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 emerge emerge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | instrument | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **perform** | present | the princess | | | order | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **induce** | to-infinitive | the princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **emerge** | to-infinitive | the princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} a fiddle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2008-pg7885-part27:e3:o1:1 # text = a fiddle 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fiddle fiddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} a harp ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2008-pg7885-part27:e3:o2:1 # text = a harp 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 harp harp NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} a flute ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2008-pg7885-part27:e3:o3:1 # text = a flute 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a small wooden drum and whistle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2008-pg7885-part27:e3:o4:1 # text = a small wooden drum and whistle 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 whistle whistle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` 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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