--- title: By what means did the Prince ascertain the identity of the true bride? — Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderel… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the Prince ascertain the identity of the true bride? Exam question 1 of lesson 1534 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderella, part 31: the golden hemlock and the burnt reindeer skin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1534-pg540-part31/e1/) [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/) / [Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderel…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1534-pg540-part31/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderella, part 31: the gol… By what means did the Prince ascertain the identity of the true bride? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Prince · **What happens:** mean, ascertain · **To what, where:** identity This is exam question 1 of lesson 1534 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderella, part 31: the golden hemlock and the burnt reindeer skin» 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/1534-pg540-part31/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1534-pg540-part31:e1:1 # text = By what means did the Prince ascertain the identity of the true bride? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 ascertain ascertain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 identity identity NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ascertain** | past · do-support | the Prince | the identity of the true bride | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Topic | 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} the kitchen wench's hidden letter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1534-pg540-part31:e1:o1:1 # text = the kitchen wench's hidden letter 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 wench wench NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 hidden hidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **letter** | | the kitchen wench | | | | | | nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} the ring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1534-pg540-part31:e1:o2:1 # text = the ring 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the kitchen wench's whispered words ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1534-pg540-part31:e1:o3:1 # text = the kitchen wench's whispered words 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 wench wench NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 whispered whisper VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | participle | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **word** | | the kitchen wench | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} a whisper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1534-pg540-part31:e1:o4:1 # text = a whisper 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 whisper whisper NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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