--- title: What was the state of the prince's eyes when the morning sun rose? — Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the state of the prince's eyes when the morning sun rose? Exam question 4 of lesson 877 «Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 88: the mermaid saves the drowning prince from the storm» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/877-pg27200-part88/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 Tales, The Little Mermaid, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/877-pg27200-part88/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 88: the mermaid save… What was the state of the prince's eyes when the morning sun rose? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** state · **What happens:** be This is exam question 4 of lesson 877 «Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 88: the mermaid saves the drowning prince from the storm» 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/877-pg27200-part88/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:877-pg27200-part88:e4:1 # text = What was the state of the prince's eyes when the morning sun rose? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the state of the prince's eyes the sun rose | | | | | | tree rules | 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} They were wide open ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:877-pg27200-part88:e4:o1:1 # text = They were wide open 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 4 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | They | | | | | open *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} They stayed shut tight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:877-pg27200-part88:e4:o2:1 # text = They stayed shut tight 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ _ 4 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | They | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **shut** | participle | They *not said here* | | | | | tight *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They remained closed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:877-pg27200-part88:e4:o3:1 # text = They remained closed 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | past | They | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **close** | participle | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Closed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:877-pg27200-part88:e4:o4:1 # text = Closed 1 Closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **close** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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