--- title: Which vessel conveyed the princess back to her father's kingdom? — Fairy Book, The Seven Simons: Helena i… · tree and pragmatics description: Which vessel conveyed the princess back to her father's kingdom? Exam question 4 of lesson 669 «Fairy Book, The Seven Simons: Helena is won back and the Simons are rewarded» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/669-pg2435-part9/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/) / [Fairy Book, The Seven Simons: Helena i…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/669-pg2435-part9/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, The Seven Simons: Helena is won back and the S… Which vessel conveyed the princess back to her father's kingdom? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** vessel · **What happens:** convey · **To what, where:** princess This is exam question 4 of lesson 669 «Fairy Book, The Seven Simons: Helena is won back and the Simons are rewarded» 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/669-pg2435-part9/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:669-pg2435-part9:e4:1 # text = Which vessel conveyed the princess back to her father's kingdom? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 conveyed convey VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **convey** | past | which vessel | the princess | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent princess=Topic | 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 wonder-ship ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:669-pg2435-part9:e4:o1:1 # text = the wonder-ship 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the golden barge ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:669-pg2435-part9:e4:o2:1 # text = the golden barge 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 barge barge NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the wonder-ship that the king had given ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:669-pg2435-part9:e4:o3:1 # text = the wonder-ship that the king had given 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past · perfect | the king | the wonder ship | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} the crystal skiff ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:669-pg2435-part9:e4:o4:1 # text = the crystal skiff 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 crystal crystal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 skiff skiff NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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