--- title: Upon what grounds did the youngest Princess select Halvor as her hus… — Book of Tales, Soria Moria Castle, par… · tree and pragmatics description: Upon what grounds did the youngest Princess select Halvor as her husband? Exam question 3 of lesson 1513 «Book of Tales, Soria Moria Castle, part 10: Halvor trades his horse for magic boots, reaches the castle and wins the bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1513-pg540-part10/e3/) [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/) / [Book of Tales, Soria Moria Castle, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1513-pg540-part10/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Book of Tales, Soria Moria Castle, part 10: Halvor trades… Upon what grounds did the youngest Princess select Halvor as her husband? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** youngest Princess · **What happens:** ground, select · **To what, where:** Halvor This is exam question 3 of lesson 1513 «Book of Tales, Soria Moria Castle, part 10: Halvor trades his horse for magic boots, reaches the castle and wins the bride» 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/1513-pg540-part10/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1513-pg540-part10:e3:1 # text = Upon what grounds did the youngest Princess select Halvor as her husband? 1 Upon upon SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 grounds ground VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 select select VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 9 Halvor Halvor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ground** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **select** | past · do-support | the youngest Princess | Halvor | | | | as Princess's husband | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent halvor=Theme as husband=Attribute | 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} Because he had saved them from the wicked Trolls ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1513-pg540-part10:e3:o1:1 # text = Because he had saved them from the wicked Trolls 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Trolls troll NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | past · perfect | he | them *= they* | | the wicked Trolls | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme from troll=Source | ### Option 2 {#o2} Because he had been the only guest brave enough to face the Trolls at the castle gate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1513-pg540-part10:e3:o2:1 # text = Because he had been the only guest brave enough to face the Trolls at the castle gate 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 9 enough enough ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 face face VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Trolls troll NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past · perfect | he | the only guest | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **face** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the Trolls | | the castle gate | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme troll=Destination | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Because he had delivered them from the Trolls ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1513-pg540-part10:e3:o3:1 # text = Because he had delivered them from the Trolls 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Trolls troll NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deliver** | past · perfect | he | them *= they* | | the Trolls | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent they=Theme from troll=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Because he was the one who fought the Trolls ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1513-pg540-part10:e3:o4:1 # text = Because he was the one who fought the Trolls 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Trolls troll NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | he | the one | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fight** | past | the one | the Trolls | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent troll=Co-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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