--- title: Which vessel was loaded with merchandise prior to the captain's depa… — Stories of Long Ago, Casabianca, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Which vessel was loaded with merchandise prior to the captain's departure for the palace? Exam question 4 of lesson 359 «Stories of Long Ago, Casabianca, part 19: the cat wins the king's gold, and a boy waits on a burning ship» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/359-pg18442-part19/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/) / [Stories of Long Ago, Casabianca, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/359-pg18442-part19/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Stories of Long Ago, Casabianca, part 19: the cat wins the… Which vessel was loaded with merchandise prior to the captain's departure for the palace? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** captain · **What happens:** load, depart · **To what, where:** vessel This is exam question 4 of lesson 359 «Stories of Long Ago, Casabianca, part 19: the cat wins the king's gold, and a boy waits on a burning ship» 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/359-pg18442-part19/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:359-pg18442-part19:e4:1 # text = Which vessel was loaded with merchandise prior to the captain's departure for the palace? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 loaded load VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 merchandise merchandise NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 prior prior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 12 case _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 7 fixed _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 departure departure NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **load** | past · passive | | which vessel | | | | with merchandise prior the captain's departure for the palace | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with merchandise=Theme | | 2 | **depart** | | the captain | | | | | for the palace | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The ship "U-ni-corn" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:359-pg18442-part19:e4:o1:1 # text = The ship "U-ni-corn" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 U U PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ni no NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The ship ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:359-pg18442-part19:e4:o2:1 # text = The ship 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The ship "Sea Dove" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:359-pg18442-part19:e4:o3:1 # text = The ship "Sea Dove" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Dove Dove PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The vessel "Bright Star" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:359-pg18442-part19:e4:o4:1 # text = The vessel "Bright Star" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Bright Bright ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Star Star PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` 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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