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title: Who did the Princess say was most worthy? — Book of Tales, Soria Moria Castle, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who did the Princess say was most worthy? Test 6 · ★ 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 and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 6 · ★ · Book of Tales, Soria Moria Castle, part 10: Halvor trades…

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Who did the Princess say was most worthy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Princess · **What happens:** do, say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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. 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1513-pg540-part10:t6:1
# text = Who did the Princess say was most worthy?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
8	worthy	worthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Princess |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | worthy *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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The lad who fought the wicked King

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1513-pg540-part10:t6:o1:1
# text = The lad who fought the wicked King
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past | the lad | the wicked King |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The guy who saved them from the Trolls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1513-pg540-part10:t6:o2:1
# text = The guy who saved them from the Trolls
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	saved	save	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
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	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | past | the guy | them *= they* |  | the Trolls |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme from troll=Source |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The man who had walked for days and then saved every one of them from the Trolls

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1513-pg540-part10:t6:o3:1
# text = The man who had walked for days and then saved every one of them from the Trolls
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	walked	walk	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	saved	save	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nmod	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Trolls	troll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past · perfect | the man |  |  |  | day |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **save** | past | the man | every one of them |  | the Trolls | then |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent one=Theme from troll=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The guy who saved all three princesses from the Trolls in the north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1513-pg540-part10:t6:o4:1
# text = The guy who saved all three princesses from the Trolls in the north
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	saved	save	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	princesses	princess	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Trolls	troll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | past | the guy | all three princesses |  | the Trolls |  | in the north | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent princess=Theme from troll=Source |

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