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title: Which of the following best describes the reward the King offered to… — Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderla… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following best describes the reward the King offered to a youth who succeeded in watching the seven foals for a whole day? Exam question 1 of lesson 1581 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad, part 78: Cinderlad sets out to watch the seven foals and meets the old hag» of the books co
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# Exam question 1 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad, part 78: Cinderla…

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Which of the following best describes the reward the King offered to a youth who succeeded in watching the seven foals for a whole day?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** King, youth · **What happens:** follow, describe, offer, succeed, watch · **To what, where:** reward, youth, seven foals

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1581 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad, part 78: Cinderlad sets out to watch the seven foals and meets the old hag» 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/1581-pg540-part78/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1581-pg540-part78:e1:1
# text = Which of the following best describes the reward the King offered to a youth who succeeded in watching the seven foals for a whole day?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	offered	offer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	succeeded	succeed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
17	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
18	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	advcl	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
21	foals	foal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	_
22	for	for	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the reward |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reward=Theme |
| 3 | **offer** | past | the King | the reward *not said here* |  |  |  | to a youth *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent reward=Theme to youth=Goal |
| 4 | **succeed** | past | a youth |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **watch** | gerund | a youth *not said here* | the seven foals |  |  | day |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foal=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The hand of the Princess together with half of the kingdom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1581-pg540-part78:e1:o1:1
# text = The hand of the Princess together with half of the kingdom
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	2	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A horse of pure gold and a fine castle to live in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1581-pg540-part78:e1:o2:1
# text = A horse of pure gold and a fine castle to live in
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live in** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A fine castle and the hand of a noble lady

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1581-pg540-part78:e1:o3:1
# text = A fine castle and the hand of a noble lady
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	noble	noble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The royal horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1581-pg540-part78:e1:o4:1
# text = The royal horse
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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