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title: Why did the queen's ministers get well vexed? — pg3282, Rosald and Geirald, part 21: R… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the queen's ministers get well vexed? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1220 «pg3282, Rosald and Geirald, part 21: Rosald slays the giant, then fights the tourney in Geirald's clothes, and the queen grows suspicious» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 6 · ★ · pg3282, Rosald and Geirald, part 21: Rosald slays the gian…

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Why did the queen's ministers get well vexed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** vex · **To what, where:** ministers

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1220 «pg3282, Rosald and Geirald, part 21: Rosald slays the giant, then fights the tourney in Geirald's clothes, and the queen grows suspicious» 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/1220-pg3282-part21/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1220-pg3282-part21:t6:1
# text = Why did the queen's ministers get well vexed?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	ministers	minister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
9	vexed	vex	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vex** | past · passive · do-support |  | the queen's ministers |  |  |  | well *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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She wouldn't pick any of the men they put forward as her husband at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1220-pg3282-part21:t6:o1:1
# text = She wouldn't pick any of the men they put forward as her husband at all
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **pick** | would | She | any |  | all |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent any=Theme at all=Asset |
| 2 | **put forward** | past | men *= man* | the men *not said here* |  |  |  | as her husband; forward *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent man=Goal |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She wouldn't pick any of their choices for a husband, so they fumed

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1220-pg3282-part21:t6:o2:1
# text = She wouldn't pick any of their choices for a husband, so they fumed
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	choices	choice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	fumed	fume	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **pick** | would | She | any |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Patient |
| 2 | **fume** | past | choices *= choice* |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She wouldn't pick any of their choices

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1220-pg3282-part21:t6:o3:1
# text = She wouldn't pick any of their choices
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	choices	choice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **pick** | would | She | any |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She refused every one they chose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1220-pg3282-part21:t6:o4:1
# text = She refused every one they chose
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | She | every one |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 2 | **choose** | past | they | every one *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |

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