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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Youngest Prince and the Apples, part 23:…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
At which location did the headsman abandon the prince rather than carry out the sentence of execution?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** headsman · **What happens:** do, abandon, carry out, sentence · **To what, where:** location, prince, sentence, execution

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 256 «Fairy Tales, The Youngest Prince and the Apples, part 23: the bear's forest, the watch in the tree and the handkerchief test» 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/256-pg14241-part23/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:256-pg14241-part23:e2:1
# text = At which location did the headsman abandon the prince rather than carry out the sentence of execution?
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	headsman	headsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	abandon	abandon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	12	cc	_	_
11	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	execution	execution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  | which location |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **abandon** | infinitive | the headsman | the prince |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme prince=Source |
| 3 | **carry out** | infinitive | the headsman *not said here* | the sentence of execution |  |  |  |  | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Eventuality |
| 4 | **sentence** |  |  | execution |  |  |  |  | nom sentence «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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In a dark forest on the far side of the river, well away from the town and castle walls

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:256-pg14241-part23:e2:o1:1
# text = In a dark forest on the far side of the river, well away from the town and castle walls
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
On a hill beyond the castle gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:256-pg14241-part23:e2:o2:1
# text = On a hill beyond the castle gate
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In a forest not far from the town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:256-pg14241-part23:e2:o3:1
# text = In a forest not far from the town
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In a dense forest not far from the town, where he left him to fend for himself

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:256-pg14241-part23:e2:o4:1
# text = In a dense forest not far from the town, where he left him to fend for himself
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	dense	dense	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	fend	fend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | he | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fend** | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for himself *= he* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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