--- title: With what object did Tom attract the Princess's attention on the mor… — Book of Dragons, Uncle James, or The P… · tree and pragmatics description: With what object did Tom attract the Princess's attention on the morning of her birthday? Exam question 4 of lesson 638 «Book of Dragons, Uncle James, or The Purple Dragon, part 6: the dragon's birthday plot is revealed and the Princess is offered as a present» of the books course of Mova's primary --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/638-pg23661-part6/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/) / [Book of Dragons, Uncle James, or The P…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/638-pg23661-part6/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Book of Dragons, Uncle James, or The Purple Dragon, part 6… With what object did Tom attract the Princess's attention on the morning of her birthday? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Tom, Princess · **What happens:** attract, attend · **To what, where:** attention This is exam question 4 of lesson 638 «Book of Dragons, Uncle James, or The Purple Dragon, part 6: the dragon's birthday plot is revealed and the Princess is offered as a present» 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/638-pg23661-part6/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:638-pg23661-part6:e4:1 # text = With what object did Tom attract the Princess's attention on the morning of her birthday? 1 With with ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 3 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 attract attract VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attract** | past · do-support | Tom | the Princess's attention | | | morning | | tree rules | | 2 | **attend** | | the Princess | | | | | | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} white roses tossed up at her bedroom window early ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:638-pg23661-part6:e4:o1:1 # text = white roses tossed up at her bedroom window early 1 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tossed toss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 bedroom bedroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **toss up** | past | white roses | | | her bedroom window | | early *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at window=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} pebbles tossed at her bedroom glass ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:638-pg23661-part6:e4:o2:1 # text = pebbles tossed at her bedroom glass 1 pebbles pebble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 tossed toss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 bedroom bedroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **toss** | participle | | pebbles *not said here* | | her bedroom glass | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at glass=Destination | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} white roses thrown at her window ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:638-pg23661-part6:e4:o3:1 # text = white roses thrown at her window 1 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | participle | | white roses *not said here* | | her window | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at window=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} a whole basket of white roses thrown at her window ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:638-pg23661-part6:e4:o4:1 # text = a whole basket of white roses thrown at her window 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 at at 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 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | participle | | white roses *not said here* | | her window | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at window=Destination | **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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