--- title: What is the daughter's stated preference regarding a husband? — Folk Tales, The Husband of the Rat's D… · tree and pragmatics description: What is the daughter's stated preference regarding a husband? Exam question 3 of lesson 1227 «Folk Tales, The Husband of the Rat's Daughter: the rats seek the greatest husband» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1227-pg3282-part28/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/) / [Folk Tales, The Husband of the Rat's D…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1227-pg3282-part28/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Folk Tales, The Husband of the Rat's Daughter: the rats se… What is the daughter's stated preference regarding a husband? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stated preference, daughter · **What happens:** be, state, regard, prefer This is exam question 3 of lesson 1227 «Folk Tales, The Husband of the Rat's Daughter: the rats seek the greatest husband» 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/1227-pg3282-part28/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1227-pg3282-part28:e3:1 # text = What is the daughter's stated preference regarding a husband? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 stated state VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 preference preference NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 8 regarding regard VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the daughter's stated preference regard a husband | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **state** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **regard** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **prefer** | | the daughter | | | | | regard a husband | nom preference «feeling transitive»: poss=agent regard=obl | 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} the wealthy old rat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1227-pg3282-part28:e3:o1:1 # text = the wealthy old rat 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 wealthy wealthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} the handsome young rat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1227-pg3282-part28:e3:o2:1 # text = the handsome young rat 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the fine rich suitor ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1227-pg3282-part28:e3:o3:1 # text = the fine rich suitor 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 suitor suitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the handsome young rat from the wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1227-pg3282-part28:e3:o4:1 # text = the handsome young rat from the wall 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 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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