--- title: Upon which side of the golden road did the eldest brother ride when… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Water of Life… · tree and pragmatics description: Upon which side of the golden road did the eldest brother ride when he approached the gate? Exam question 1 of lesson 775 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Water of Life: the youngest prince is cheated, then wins his bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/775-pg2591-part51/e1/) [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, The Water of Life…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/775-pg2591-part51/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Water of Life: the youngest princ… Upon which side of the golden road did the eldest brother ride when he approached the gate? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** do, approach · **To what, where:** eldest brother ride, gate This is exam question 1 of lesson 775 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Water of Life: the youngest prince is cheated, then wins his bride» 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/775-pg2591-part51/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:775-pg2591-part51:e1:1 # text = Upon which side of the golden road did the eldest brother ride when he approached the gate? 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 12 amod _ _ 11 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 ride ride NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the eldest brother ride | | | | upon which side of the golden road | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ride=Eventuality | | 2 | **approach** | past | he | the gate | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=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} The left ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:775-pg2591-part51:e1:o1:1 # text = The left 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 left left NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The right-hand side ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:775-pg2591-part51:e1:o2:1 # text = The right-hand side 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The north-facing side ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:775-pg2591-part51:e1:o3:1 # text = The north-facing side 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 facing face VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **face** | gerund | | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The left-hand side ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:775-pg2591-part51:e1:o4:1 # text = The left-hand side 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 side side 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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