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title: Which obstacle did the prince encounter before reaching Lucky Luck's… — Grimm, Lucky Luck, part 3: the prince… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which obstacle did the prince encounter before reaching Lucky Luck's dwelling? Exam question 3 of lesson 663 «Grimm, Lucky Luck, part 3: the prince seeks Lucky Luck to save his servant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Exam question 3 · Grimm, Lucky Luck, part 3: the prince seeks Lucky Luck to…

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Which obstacle did the prince encounter before reaching Lucky Luck's dwelling?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** obstacle · **What happens:** do, reach · **To what, where:** prince encounter, dwelling

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 663 «Grimm, Lucky Luck, part 3: the prince seeks Lucky Luck to save his servant» 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/663-pg2435-part3/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:663-pg2435-part3:e3:1
# text = Which obstacle did the prince encounter before reaching Lucky Luck's dwelling?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	obstacle	obstacle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	encounter	encounter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	reaching	reach	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	Lucky	Lucky	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Luck	Luck	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which obstacle | the prince encounter |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent encounter=Eventuality |
| 2 | **reach** | gerund | which obstacle *not said here* | Lucky Luck's dwelling |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent dwelling=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A wood traversed over three days and a stream that parted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:663-pg2435-part3:e3:o1:1
# text = A wood traversed over three days and a stream that parted
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	traversed	traverse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	parted	part	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **traverse** | participle |  | a wood and a stream *not said here* |  |  | day |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **part** | past | a wood and a stream |  |  |  |  |  | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A bridge built over a gorge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:663-pg2435-part3:e3:o2:1
# text = A bridge built over a gorge
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gorge	gorge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | participle |  | a bridge *not said here* |  | a gorge |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A wood and a stream

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:663-pg2435-part3:e3:o3:1
# text = A wood and a stream
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A river crossed at dawn and a hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:663-pg2435-part3:e3:o4:1
# text = A river crossed at dawn and a hill
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	crossed	cross	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | participle |  | a river *not said here* |  |  | dawn |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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