--- title: Which of the following accurately states the temporal limit within w… — Grimm, The Water of Life, part 50: Dum… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following accurately states the temporal limit within which the prince was required to draw the water? Exam question 2 of lesson 774 «Grimm, The Water of Life, part 50: Dummling's three tasks end, and the youngest prince wins the dwarf's help» of the books course of Mova's primary schoo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/774-pg2591-part50/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, The Water of Life, part 50: Dum…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/774-pg2591-part50/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Grimm, The Water of Life, part 50: Dummling's three tasks… Which of the following accurately states the temporal limit within which the prince was required to draw the water? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, state, require, draw · **To what, where:** temporal limit, prince, water This is exam question 2 of lesson 774 «Grimm, The Water of Life, part 50: Dummling's three tasks end, and the youngest prince wins the dwarf's help» 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/774-pg2591-part50/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:774-pg2591-part50:e2:1 # text = Which of the following accurately states the temporal limit within which the prince was required to draw the water? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 2 of of SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 nsubj _ _ 5 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 states state VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 temporal temporal NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 limit limit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 within within ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 required require VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **state** *speech: other* | present | | the temporal limit | | | | accurately *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent limit=Topic | | 3 | **require** | past · passive | | the prince | | | | within the temporal limit | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **draw** | to-infinitive | | the water | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | 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 {#o1} after the clock struck twelve ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:774-pg2591-part50:e2:o1:1 # text = after the clock struck twelve 1 after after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past | | twelve | | | after the clock | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twelve=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} before the bells rang out at midnight tonight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:774-pg2591-part50:e2:o2:1 # text = before the bells rang out at midnight tonight 1 before before SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bells bell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 rang ring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 tonight tonight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ring out** | past | the bells | | | | midnight; tonight | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} before the clock had struck twelve times ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:774-pg2591-part50:e2:o3:1 # text = before the clock had struck twelve times 1 before before ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past · perfect | | | | the clock | time | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before clock=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} before the clock struck twelve ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:774-pg2591-part50:e2:o4:1 # text = before the clock struck twelve 1 before before SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past | the clock | twelve | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twelve=Patient | **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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