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description: What was the Prince's condition for the marriage, as stated in the text? Exam question 3 of lesson 1420 «Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 7: the North Wind carries her to the castle, and the shirt goes wrong» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with 
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# Exam question 3 · Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What was the Prince's condition for the marriage, as stated in the text?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, state · **To what, where:** condition, text

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1420 «Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 7: the North Wind carries her to the castle, and the shirt goes wrong» 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/1420-pg503-part7/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1420-pg503-part7:e3:1
# text = What was the Prince's condition for the marriage, as stated in the text?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	stated	state	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the Prince's condition |  |  |  | for the marriage | tree rules |
| 2 | **state** *speech: other* | participle |  | the Prince's condition *not said here* |  | the text |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The bride must wash the shirt with the tallow drops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1420-pg503-part7:e3:o1:1
# text = The bride must wash the shirt with the tallow drops
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shirt	shirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tallow	tallow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	drops	drop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | must | the bride | the shirt |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shirt=Patient |
| 2 | **drop** | present | the tallow |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bride had to scrub the spotted shirt white

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1420-pg503-part7:e3:o2:1
# text = The bride had to scrub the spotted shirt white
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	scrub	scrub	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	spotted	spot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	shirt	shirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the bride |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **scrub** | to-infinitive | the bride *not said here* | the spotted shirt |  |  |  | white *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shirt=Theme |
| 3 | **spot** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She had to wash the stained shirt clean again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1420-pg503-part7:e3:o3:1
# text = She had to wash the stained shirt clean again
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	stained	stain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	amod	_	_
7	shirt	shirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wash** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the stained shirt |  |  | again | clean *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shirt=Patient |
| 3 | **stain** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bride must cook him a meal first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1420-pg503-part7:e3:o4:1
# text = The bride must cook him a meal first
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cook	cook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | must | the bride | a meal | him *= he* |  |  | first *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary meal=Product |

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