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title: What alternative did the king select from the three proposed by his… — Fairy Tales, The Princess in the Chest… · tree and pragmatics
description: What alternative did the king select from the three proposed by his daughter? Exam question 3 of lesson 1621 «Fairy Tales, The Princess in the Chest, part 10: the king breaks his word, the princess dies, and the sentinels vanish one by one» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe
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# Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The Princess in the Chest, part 10: the king…

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What alternative did the king select from the three proposed by his daughter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** select, propose · **To what, where:** three

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1621 «Fairy Tales, The Princess in the Chest, part 10: the king breaks his word, the princess dies, and the sentinels vanish one by one» 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/1621-pg5615-part10/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1621-pg5615-part10:e3:1
# text = What alternative did the king select from the three proposed by his daughter?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	alternative	alternative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	select	select	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	obj	_	_
10	proposed	propose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | past · do-support | the king | the three |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **propose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by king's daughter | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The burial of the princess in a golden coffin with a priest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1621-pg5615-part10:e3:o1:1
# text = The burial of the princess in a golden coffin with a priest
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	burial	burial	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	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	coffin	coffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** |  |  | the princess in a golden coffin with a priest |  |  |  |  | nom burial «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The interment of the princess in a plain chest with a sentinel and a lock

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1621-pg5615-part10:e3:o2:1
# text = The interment of the princess in a plain chest with a sentinel and a lock
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	interment	interment	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	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sentinel	sentinel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inter** |  |  | the princess in a plain chest with a sentinel |  |  |  |  | nom interment «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The interment of the princess in a plain chest with a sentinel posted through every night of the year

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1621-pg5615-part10:e3:o3:1
# text = The interment of the princess in a plain chest with a sentinel posted through every night of the year
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	interment	interment	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	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sentinel	sentinel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
13	posted	post	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
14	through	through	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **post** | participle |  | the interment of the princess in a plain chest with a sentinel *not said here* |  |  | night |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **inter** |  |  | the princess in a plain chest |  |  |  | with a sentinel | nom interment «event transitive»: of=patient with=obl |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The interment of the princess in a plain chest with a sentinel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1621-pg5615-part10:e3:o4:1
# text = The interment of the princess in a plain chest with a sentinel
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	interment	interment	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	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sentinel	sentinel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inter** |  |  | the princess in a plain chest |  |  |  | with a sentinel | nom interment «event transitive»: of=patient with=obl |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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