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title: Peng, the king wanted to wed who? — Yellow Fairy Book, The Bird of Truth,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Peng, the king wanted to wed who? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1188 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Bird of Truth, part 54: the twins run off, reach a shut hut, and overhear swallows talking about a queen and a crystal cradle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Bird of Truth, part 54: the twins r…

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Peng, the king wanted to wed who?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Peng · **What happens:** want, wed

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1188 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Bird of Truth, part 54: the twins run off, reach a shut hut, and overhear swallows talking about a queen and a crystal cradle» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/1188-pg3027-part54/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1188-pg3027-part54:t6:1
# text = Peng, the king wanted to wed who?
1	Peng	Peng	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	wed	wed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | Peng |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **wed** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Peng *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent who=Patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a tailor's youngest daughter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1188-pg3027-part54:t6:o1:1
# text = a tailor's youngest daughter
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tailor	tailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a weaver's eldest daughter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1188-pg3027-part54:t6:o2:1
# text = a weaver's eldest daughter
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	weaver	weaver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a kind maid from the palace kitchens who sewed silk gowns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1188-pg3027-part54:t6:o3:1
# text = a kind maid from the palace kitchens who sewed silk gowns
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	kitchens	kitchen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sewed	sew	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	gowns	gown	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sew** | past | the palace kitchens | silk gowns |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gown=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the daughter of a poor tailor who lived in the village

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1188-pg3027-part54:t6:o4:1
# text = the daughter of a poor tailor who lived in the village
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tailor	tailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | a poor tailor |  |  | the village |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in village=Location |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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