--- title: What reward did the proclamation offer to the finder of the slipper? — Lang's Fairy Book, The White Slipper,… · tree and pragmatics description: What reward did the proclamation offer to the finder of the slipper? Exam question 3 of lesson 1196 «Lang's Fairy Book, The White Slipper, part 62: the king loses his slipper and a youth offers a cure» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1196-pg3027-part62/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/) / [Lang's Fairy Book, The White Slipper,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1196-pg3027-part62/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Lang's Fairy Book, The White Slipper, part 62: the king lo… What reward did the proclamation offer to the finder of the slipper? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** proclamation offer This is exam question 3 of lesson 1196 «Lang's Fairy Book, The White Slipper, part 62: the king loses his slipper and a youth offers a cure» 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/1196-pg3027-part62/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1196-pg3027-part62:e3:1 # text = What reward did the proclamation offer to the finder of the slipper? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 reward reward VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 proclamation proclamation NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 offer offer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 finder finder NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 slipper slipper NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past | | the proclamation offer | | | | to the finder of the slipper | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offer=Eventuality | 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} estates and a noble title here ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1196-pg3027-part62:e3:o1:1 # text = estates and a noble title here 1 estates estate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 title title NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 6 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} the crown ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1196-pg3027-part62:e3:o2:1 # text = the crown 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} heirship and the princess's hand ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1196-pg3027-part62:e3:o3:1 # text = heirship and the princess's hand 1 heirship heirship NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a grand palace and some gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1196-pg3027-part62:e3:o4:1 # text = a grand palace and some gold 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` 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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