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title: The princess was dead clever, yeah? How'd she pick her fella? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: The princess was dead clever, yeah? How'd she pick her fella? Test 4 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Gerda lea…

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The princess was dead clever, yeah? How'd she pick her fella?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** princess · **What happens:** be, pick · **To what, where:** fella

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This is test 4 · ★ 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. 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The princess was dead clever, yeah?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t4:1
# text = The princess was dead clever, yeah?
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the princess |  |  |  |  | clever *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.

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*Sentence 2:* How'd she pick her fella?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t4:2
# text = How'd she pick her fella?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	fella	fella	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | would | princess | princess's fella |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fella=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Whoever spoke loudest in the hall got to marry her after the whole court had voted

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t4:o1:1
# text = Whoever spoke loudest in the hall got to marry her after the whole court had voted
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	loudest	loud	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
7	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	voted	vote	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Whoever | loudest |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | past | Whoever *not said here* |  |  | the hall |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **marry** | to-infinitive | Whoever *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 4 | **vote** | past · perfect | the whole court |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Whoever bowed lowest won

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t4:o2:1
# text = Whoever bowed lowest won
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bowed	bow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	lowest	low	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	obj	_	_
4	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow** | past | Whoever | lowest |  |  |  |  | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent low=Topic |
| 2 | **win** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Whoever could answer her riddle won

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t4:o3:1
# text = Whoever could answer her riddle won
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	riddle	riddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | could | Whoever |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **win** | past | her riddle |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **riddle** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom riddle «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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

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Whoever spoke loud enough won

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t4:o4:1
# text = Whoever spoke loud enough won
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	loud	loud	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Whoever |  |  |  |  | enough, loud *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **win** | participle | Whoever *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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