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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Gerda lea…

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Which of the following constitutes the principal objective of the princess in announcing her matrimonial test?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** princess · **What happens:** follow, be, announce, test · **To what, where:** matrimonial test

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1626 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Gerda learns Kay is at a princess's palace and sneaks in, only to find the wrong boy» 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/1626-pg5615-part15/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:e1:1
# text = Which of the following constitutes the principal objective of the princess in announcing her matrimonial test?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
5	constitutes	constitute	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	objective	objective	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	announcing	announce	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	matrimonial	matrimonial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	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 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | follow the principal objective; of the princess | tree rules |
| 3 | **announce** *speech: other* | gerund | the princess *not said here* | princess's matrimonial test |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Theme |
| 4 | **test** |  | princess |  |  |  |  |  | nom test «cognition transitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

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To find a husband who could chat with her properly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:e1:o1:1
# text = To find a husband who could chat with her properly
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	chat	chat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | a husband |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Topic |
| 2 | **chat** *speech: other* | could | a husband |  |  |  |  | with her *= she* | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with she=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To choose a suitor who could dance well at court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:e1:o2:1
# text = To choose a suitor who could dance well at court
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	choose	choose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	suitor	suitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	dance	dance	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | to-infinitive | a suitor *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **dance** | could | a suitor |  |  | court |  | well *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at court=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To discover a husband capable of conversing with her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:e1:o3:1
# text = To discover a husband capable of conversing with her
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	discover	discover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	capable	capable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	conversing	converse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discover** | to-infinitive |  | a husband |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Topic |
| 2 | **converse** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with her *= she* | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with she=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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To choose a tall prince

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:e1:o4:1
# text = To choose a tall prince
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	choose	choose	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | to-infinitive |  | a tall prince |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme |

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