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title: Mate, who did the princess say the real winner was? — Book of Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, who did the princess say the real winner was? Test 1 · ★ 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 and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Test 1 · ★ · Book of Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son: the princess saves th…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mate, who did the princess say the real winner was?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** real winner · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ 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. 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/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1303-pg3454-part28:t1:1
# text = Mate, who did the princess say the real winner was?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	winner	winner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  | Mate *vocative* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the real winner |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fisher's son Ian, no a robber, who had won the golden prize fair

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1303-pg3454-part28:t1:o1:1
# text = The fisher's son Ian, no a robber, who had won the golden prize fair
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fisher	fisher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	Ian	Ian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	9	discourse	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	fair	fair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past · perfect | a robber | the golden prize fair |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fair=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fisher's son Ian, no a robber, but the true winner of the race

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1303-pg3454-part28:t1:o2:1
# text = The fisher's son Ian, no a robber, but the true winner of the race
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fisher	fisher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	Ian	Ian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	9	discourse	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	winner	winner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The poor weaver's boy, Ian, no a prince

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1303-pg3454-part28:t1:o3:1
# text = The poor weaver's boy, Ian, no a prince
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	weaver	weaver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	Ian	Ian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	11	discourse	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fisher's son Ian, no a robber

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1303-pg3454-part28:t1:o4:1
# text = The fisher's son Ian, no a robber
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fisher	fisher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	Ian	Ian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	9	discourse	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
```

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

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