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title: Who did the princess pick tae marry instead o' the princes? — Book of Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who did the princess pick tae marry instead o' the princes? Test 5 · ★ 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; Mo
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# Test 5 · ★ · Book of Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son: the princess saves th…

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Who did the princess pick tae marry instead o' the princes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** princess · **What happens:** do, pick, marry

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1303-pg3454-part28:t5:1
# text = Who did the princess pick tae marry instead o' the princes?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
6	tae	tae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	mark	_	_
7	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	12	case	_	_
9	o	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	12	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pick** | infinitive | the princess |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **marry** | infinitive | the princess *not said here* |  |  |  |  | instead the princes | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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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The weaver's son Ian

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1303-pg3454-part28:t5:o1:1
# text = The weaver's son Ian
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	weaver	weaver	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	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Ian, the fisher's son

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1303-pg3454-part28:t5:o2:1
# text = Ian, the fisher's son
1	Ian	Ian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fisher	fisher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The robber Ian, the fisher's son, who had won the race

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1303-pg3454-part28:t5:o3:1
# text = The robber Ian, the fisher's son, who had won the race
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:desc	_	_
3	Ian	Ian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fisher	fisher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past · perfect | the fisher's son | the race |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ian, the fisher's son, the poor lad from the shore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1303-pg3454-part28:t5:o4:1
# text = Ian, the fisher's son, the poor lad from the shore
1	Ian	Ian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fisher	fisher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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

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