--- title: Identify the item that the prince took from the staircase at the clo… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Ashputtel: the go… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the item that the prince took from the staircase at the close of the second night of the feast. Exam question 2 of lesson 760 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Ashputtel: the golden slipper, the false brides and the white dove's song» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/760-pg2591-part36/e2/) [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/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, Ashputtel: the go…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/760-pg2591-part36/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Ashputtel: the golden slipper, the fa… Identify the item that the prince took from the staircase at the close of the second night of the feast. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, prince · **What happens:** identify, take · **To what, where:** item, staircase This is exam question 2 of lesson 760 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Ashputtel: the golden slipper, the false brides and the white dove's song» 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/760-pg2591-part36/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:760-pg2591-part36:e2:1 # text = Identify the item that the prince took from the staircase at the close of the second night of the feast. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 item item NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 staircase staircase NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 close close NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 17 amod _ _ 17 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the item | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent item=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past | the prince | | | the staircase | | at the close of the second night of the feast | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent from staircase=Source at close=Asset | 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} The left golden slipper from the staircase, which fit her foot perfectly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:760-pg2591-part36:e2:o1:1 # text = The left golden slipper from the staircase, which fit her foot perfectly 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 slipper slipper NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 staircase staircase NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 fit fit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fit** | past | the left golden slipper from the staircase | her foot | | | | perfectly *property* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The right golden slipper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:760-pg2591-part36:e2:o2:1 # text = The right golden slipper 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 slipper slipper NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} The left golden slipper that she had lost on the stairs as she ran away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:760-pg2591-part36:e2:o3:1 # text = The left golden slipper that she had lost on the stairs as she ran away 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 slipper slipper NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 15 away away ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past · perfect | she | the left golden slipper *not said here* | | the stairs | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slipper=Eventuality | | 2 | **run away** | past | she | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The left golden slipper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:760-pg2591-part36:e2:o4:1 # text = The left golden slipper 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 slipper slipper 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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