--- title: State the reason for which the Princess rebuked her father in the co… — Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the… · tree and pragmatics description: State the reason for which the Princess rebuked her father in the courtyard. Exam question 3 of lesson 647 «Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, part 1: a Queen buys a baby from a witch, and the King is furious» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/647-pg23661-part15/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/) / [Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/647-pg23661-part15/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, pa… State the reason for which the Princess rebuked her father in the courtyard. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Princess · **What happens:** rebuke · **To what, where:** father, courtyard This is exam question 3 of lesson 647 «Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, part 1: a Queen buys a baby from a witch, and the King is furious» 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/647-pg23661-part15/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:e3:1 # text = State the reason for which the Princess rebuked her father in the courtyard. 1 State state NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 rebuked rebuke VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rebuke** | past | the Princess | Princess's father | | the courtyard | | for the reason | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent father=Theme for which=Attribute | 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} He had scolded her for feeding goldfish ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:e3:o1:1 # text = He had scolded her for feeding goldfish 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 scolded scold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 feeding feeding NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 goldfish goldfish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scold** | past · perfect | He | her *= she* | | | | for feeding goldfish | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent she=Theme for goldfish=Attribute | ### Option 2 {#o2} He had teased her about her cake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:e3:o2:1 # text = He had teased her about her cake 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 teased tease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 about about 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 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tease** | past · perfect · passive | | He | | | | about her cake | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He had insulted her pet raven ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:e3:o3:1 # text = He had insulted her pet raven 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 insulted insult VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **insult** | past · perfect · passive | | He | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer raven=Result | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He had spoken discourteously to her mother ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:e3:o4:1 # text = He had spoken discourteously to her mother 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 discourteously discourteously ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to 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 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect | He | | | | | to her mother; discourteously *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to mother=Co-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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