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title: Which response does Beauty give to the Beast's proposal of marriage? — Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which response does Beauty give to the Beast's proposal of marriage? Exam question 1 of lesson 1440 «Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 27: Beauty refuses the Beast's proposal, asks to visit home, and wakes in a strange room» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 27: Beauty refuses…

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Which response does Beauty give to the Beast's proposal of marriage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** response, marriage · **What happens:** give, propose · **To what, where:** proposal

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1440 «Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 27: Beauty refuses the Beast's proposal, asks to visit home, and wakes in a strange room» 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/1440-pg503-part27/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1440-pg503-part27:e1:1
# text = Which response does Beauty give to the Beast's proposal of marriage?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Beauty	Beauty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Beast	Beast	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	proposal	proposal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · do-support | which response |  | the Beast's proposal of marriage |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to proposal=Recipient |
| 2 | **propose** |  | marriage |  |  |  |  |  | nom proposal «communication intransitive»: of=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 {#o1}

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She replies, "No, thank you."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1440-pg503-part27:e1:o1:1
# text = She replies, "No, thank you."
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	replies	reply	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	thank	thank	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | present | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **thank** *speech: thank* *in a quote* | present |  |  | you |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She answers, "Yes, Beast."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1440-pg503-part27:e1:o2:1
# text = She answers, "Yes, Beast."
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	answers	answer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	Beast	Beast	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present | She | Beast |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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She answers, "No, Beast."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1440-pg503-part27:e1:o3:1
# text = She answers, "No, Beast."
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	answers	answer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	Beast	Beast	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present | She | Beast |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She answers, "No, Beast, I cannot marry you."

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1440-pg503-part27:e1:o4:1
# text = She answers, "No, Beast, I cannot marry you."
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	answers	answer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	Beast	Beast	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present | She | Beast |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **marry** *in a quote* | can | I | you |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient |

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