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title: so who did the prince want to marry? — Fairy Tales, Cinderella: the ball, the… · tree and pragmatics
description: so who did the prince want to marry? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1430 «Fairy Tales, Cinderella: the ball, the lost slipper, the sisters forgiven» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Cinderella: the ball, the lost slipper, the s…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so who did the prince want to marry?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** do, want, marry

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1430 «Fairy Tales, Cinderella: the ball, the lost slipper, the sisters forgiven» 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/1430-pg503-part17/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1430-pg503-part17:t5:1
# text = so who did the prince want to marry?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | present | the prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
whoever the slipper fits, even if she is poor and wears rags

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1430-pg503-part17:t5:o1:1
# text = whoever the slipper fits, even if she is poor and wears rags
1	whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	slipper	slipper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	wears	wear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	rags	rag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present | whoever |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | she |  |  |  |  | poor *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **wear** | present | whoever *not said here* | rags |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent rag=Source |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the girl at the ball

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1430-pg503-part17:t5:o2:1
# text = the girl at the ball
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
whoever the slipper fits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1430-pg503-part17:t5:o3:1
# text = whoever the slipper fits
1	whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	slipper	slipper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present | the slipper |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
whoever the slipper fits, as long as she is from a noble family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1430-pg503-part17:t5:o4:1
# text = whoever the slipper fits, as long as she is from a noble family
1	whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	slipper	slipper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	noble	noble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present | whoever |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | she |  |  | a noble family |  |  | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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