--- title: Which daughter did the Crab wish to marry, according to the message… — Grimm's Household Tales, The Golden Cr… · tree and pragmatics description: Which daughter did the Crab wish to marry, according to the message conveyed to the King? Exam question 1 of lesson 1684 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Golden Crab, part 8: the Crab builds a wall and garden, then his secret is betrayed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1684-pg640-part8/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/) / [Grimm's Household Tales, The Golden Cr…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1684-pg640-part8/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Grimm's Household Tales, The Golden Crab, part 8: the Crab… Which daughter did the Crab wish to marry, according to the message conveyed to the King? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** daughter · **What happens:** do, marry, accord, convey · **To what, where:** Crab wish, message This is exam question 1 of lesson 1684 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Golden Crab, part 8: the Crab builds a wall and garden, then his secret is betrayed» 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/1684-pg640-part8/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1684-pg640-part8:e1:1 # text = Which daughter did the Crab wish to marry, according to the message conveyed to the King? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Crab Crab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 case _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 10 fixed _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 14 conveyed convey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which daughter | the Crab wish | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Eventuality | | 2 | **marry** | to-infinitive | which daughter *not said here* | the Crab wish *not said here* | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **convey** | participle | | the message *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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} The younger daughter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1684-pg640-part8:e1:o1:1 # text = The younger daughter 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The elder daughter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1684-pg640-part8:e1:o2:1 # text = The elder daughter 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The queen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1684-pg640-part8:e1:o3:1 # text = The queen 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} The youngest prince ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1684-pg640-part8:e1:o4:1 # text = The youngest prince 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 prince prince 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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