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title: What did the young man ask for in the end, bro? — Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the young man ask for in the end, bro? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1414 «Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part 1: the gardener's son cures the old King and asks for a ring» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 12 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part 1: the gardener's s…

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What did the young man ask for in the end, bro?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** young man · **What happens:** ask

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1414 «Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part 1: the gardener's son cures the old King and asks for a ring» 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/1414-pg503-part1/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1414-pg503-part1:t12:1
# text = What did the young man ask for in the end, bro?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · do-support | the young man |  |  |  | for the end and bro |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Gold, no cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1414-pg503-part1:t12:o1:1
# text = Gold, no cap
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bronze cup that grants wishes, no cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1414-pg503-part1:t12:o2:1
# text = The bronze cup that grants wishes, no cap
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bronze	bronze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	grants	grant	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	wishes	wish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grant** | present | the bronze cup and no cap | wishes |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent wish=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bronze ring that grants wishes, no cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1414-pg503-part1:t12:o3:1
# text = The bronze ring that grants wishes, no cap
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bronze	bronze	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	grants	grant	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	wishes	wish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grant** | present | the bronze ring and no cap | wishes |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent wish=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The bronze ring that grants wishes, no cap, and the princess's hand too

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1414-pg503-part1:t12:o4:1
# text = The bronze ring that grants wishes, no cap, and the princess's hand too
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bronze	bronze	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	grants	grant	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	wishes	wish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
16	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grant** | present | the bronze ring | wishes  no cap |  |  |  | the princess's hand *obl* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent wish=Theme |

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