--- title: Evaluate the king's response upon learning of his daughter's disappe… — Crimson Fairy Book, The Seven Simeons,… · tree and pragmatics description: Evaluate the king's response upon learning of his daughter's disappearance, with reference to the emotions expressed in the text. Exam question 4 of lesson 668 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Seven Simeons, part 8: Simon steals the princess and sails off under the sea» 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/668-pg2435-part8/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/) / [Crimson Fairy Book, The Seven Simeons,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/668-pg2435-part8/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Crimson Fairy Book, The Seven Simeons, part 8: Simon steal… Evaluate the king's response upon learning of his daughter's disappearance, with reference to the emotions expressed in the text. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, daughter · **What happens:** evaluate, express, disappear · **To what, where:** response, emotions, text This is exam question 4 of lesson 668 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Seven Simeons, part 8: Simon steals the princess and sails off under the sea» 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/668-pg2435-part8/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:668-pg2435-part8:e4:1 # text = Evaluate the king's response upon learning of his daughter's disappearance, with reference to the emotions expressed in the text. 1 Evaluate evaluate VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 learning learning NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 disappearance disappearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 reference reference NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 emotions emotion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 19 expressed express VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 text text NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **evaluate** | imperative | you *not said here* | the king's response | | | | upon learning of king's daughter's disappearance; with reference to the emotions | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | | 2 | **express** | participle | | the emotions *not said here* | | the text | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **disappear** | | king's daughter | | | | | | nom disappearance «act 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He wept and stormed in grief ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:668-pg2435-part8:e4:o1:1 # text = He wept and stormed in grief 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 stormed storm VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weep** | past | He | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **storm** | past | He *not said here* | | | grief | | | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» | ### Option 2 {#o2} He sulked and sighed quietly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:668-pg2435-part8:e4:o2:1 # text = He sulked and sighed quietly 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sulked sulk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 sighed sigh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sulk** | past | He | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **sigh** | past | He *not said here* | | | | | quietly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} He stormed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:668-pg2435-part8:e4:o3:1 # text = He stormed 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stormed storm VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **storm** | past | He | | | | | | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} He wept in grief ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:668-pg2435-part8:e4:o4:1 # text = He wept in grief 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weep** | past | He | | | | | in grief | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in grief=Theme | **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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