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title: With reference to the passage, what did the princess state of the pr… — Book of Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the passage, what did the princess state of the princes? Exam question 2 of lesson 1303 «Book of Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son: the princess saves the true winner and chooses him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 2 · Book of Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son: the princess saves th…

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With reference to the passage, what did the princess state of the princes?

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

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1303 «Book of Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son: the princess saves the true winner and chooses him» 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/1303-pg3454-part28/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1303-pg3454-part28:e2:1
# text = With reference to the passage, what did the princess state of the princes?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
8	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the princess state of the princes |  |  |  | with reference to the passage | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Eventuality |

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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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That they would desert her should one of them die

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1303-pg3454-part28:e2:o1:1
# text = That they would desert her should one of them die
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	desert	desert	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
10	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **desert** | would | That | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme she=Source |
| 2 | **die** | should | one of them |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That they would abandon her and return home to their father's kingdom if one of them perished in the race

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1303-pg3454-part28:e2:o2:1
# text = That they would abandon her and return home to their father's kingdom if one of them perished in the race
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	abandon	abandon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
8	home	home	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nmod	_	_
18	perished	perish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abandon** | would | That | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme she=Source |
| 2 | **return** | infinitive | That *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to their father's kingdom *result*; home *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to kingdom=Result |
| 3 | **perish** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle · passive |  | one of them |  | the race |  |  | tree rules |

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

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That they would abandon her if one of them perished

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1303-pg3454-part28:e2:o3:1
# text = That they would abandon her if one of them perished
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	abandon	abandon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
10	perished	perish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abandon** | would | That | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme she=Source |
| 2 | **perish** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle · passive |  | one of them |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That they would abandon her if one of them perished, and she would marry the last survivor at once

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1303-pg3454-part28:e2:o4:1
# text = That they would abandon her if one of them perished, and she would marry the last survivor at once
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	abandon	abandon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
10	perished	perish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	survivor	survivor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abandon** | would | That | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme she=Source |
| 2 | **perish** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | one of them |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **marry** | would | she | the last survivor |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent survivor=Patient |

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