--- title: How many kingdoms did the Princess declare she possessed before offe… — Blue Fairy Book, Goldenhair, part 1: a… · tree and pragmatics description: How many kingdoms did the Princess declare she possessed before offering the King a gift of one of them? Exam question 4 of lesson 1454 «Blue Fairy Book, Goldenhair, part 1: a prince wins a bride, then three maidens and a raven's message» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1454-pg503-part41/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Blue Fairy Book, Goldenhair, part 1: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1454-pg503-part41/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Blue Fairy Book, Goldenhair, part 1: a prince wins a bride… How many kingdoms did the Princess declare she possessed before offering the King a gift of one of them? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** many kingdoms, Princess, she · **What happens:** do, declare, possess, offer · **To what, where:** gift, King This is exam question 4 of lesson 1454 «Blue Fairy Book, Goldenhair, part 1: a prince wins a bride, then three maidens and a raven's message» 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/1454-pg503-part41/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1454-pg503-part41:e4:1 # text = How many kingdoms did the Princess declare she possessed before offering the King a gift of one of them? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 kingdoms kingdom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Princess Princes PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 declare declare VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 possessed possess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 10 before before SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 offering offer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | many kingdoms | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | present | the Princess | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **possess** | participle | she | | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **offer** | gerund | she *not said here* | a gift of one of Princess | the King | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent king=Goal gift=Theme | 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} She claimed she ruled four lands and seas. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1454-pg503-part41:e4:o1:1 # text = She claimed she ruled four lands and seas. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 claimed claim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ruled rule VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 seas sea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **claim** *speech: other* | past | She | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **rule** | past | she | four lands and seas | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} She announced she had six palaces in all. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1454-pg503-part41:e4:o2:1 # text = She announced she had six palaces in all. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 announced announce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 palaces palace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **announce** *speech: other* | past | She | | | | | | vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** | past | she | six palaces | | all | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} She declared that she had six kingdoms. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1454-pg503-part41:e4:o3:1 # text = She declared that she had six kingdoms. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 kingdoms kingdom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | She | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | she | six kingdoms | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Six kingdoms, she said. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1454-pg503-part41:e4:o4:1 # text = Six kingdoms, she said. 1 Six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 kingdoms kingdom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Six kingdoms | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | **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. 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