--- title: State the reason the king gives for confining the princess within th… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box… · tree and pragmatics description: State the reason the king gives for confining the princess within the copper castle. Exam question 3 of lesson 1002 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 2: the soldier takes gold from the dogs' chests, spends it, and calls the princess up with the tinder-box» of the books course of Mova's p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1002-pg27200-part213/e3/) [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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1002-pg27200-part213/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 2: the soldie… State the reason the king gives for confining the princess within the copper castle. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** State · **What happens:** give, confine · **To what, where:** princess This is exam question 3 of lesson 1002 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 2: the soldier takes gold from the dogs' chests, spends it, and calls the princess up with the tinder-box» 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/1002-pg27200-part213/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1002-pg27200-part213:e3:1 # text = State the reason the king gives for confining the princess within the copper castle. 1 State state NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:outer _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 confining confine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 within within ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | State | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **confine** | gerund | State *not said here* | the princess | | | | within the copper castle | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=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 {#o1} the princess is too proud to marry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1002-pg27200-part213:e3:o1:1 # text = the princess is too proud to marry 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the princess | | | | | proud *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **marry** | to-infinitive | the princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} a prophecy that she will marry a soldier who lives under the roof ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1002-pg27200-part213:e3:o2:1 # text = a prophecy that she will marry a soldier who lives under the roof 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prophecy prophecy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 under under ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** | future | she | a soldier | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soldier=Patient | | 2 | **live** | present | a soldier | | | the roof | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under roof=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} a prophecy of marriage to a common soldier ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1002-pg27200-part213:e3:o3:1 # text = a prophecy of marriage to a common soldier 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prophecy prophecy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a warning about the princess's health ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1002-pg27200-part213:e3:o4:1 # text = a warning about the princess's health 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` 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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