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title: Which person was the maiden revealed to be? — Fairy Tales (pg641), The Prince and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which person was the maiden revealed to be? Exam question 4 of lesson 1765 «Fairy Tales (pg641), The Prince and the White-headed Calf: the prince tricks the old master and he and the maiden escape» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales (pg641), The Prince and the White-headed Calf:…

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Which person was the maiden revealed to be?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** person · **What happens:** be, reveal · **To what, where:** maiden

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1765 «Fairy Tales (pg641), The Prince and the White-headed Calf: the prince tricks the old master and he and the maiden escape» 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/1765-pg641-part16/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1765-pg641-part16:e4:1
# text = Which person was the maiden revealed to be?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	revealed	reveal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | which person and the maiden *not said here* | the maiden |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **reveal** | past | which person and the maiden |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **be** | to-infinitive | which person and the maiden *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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the lost daughter of a faraway northern king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1765-pg641-part16:e4:o1:1
# text = the lost daughter of a faraway northern king
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	faraway	faraway	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the king's own niece

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1765-pg641-part16:e4:o2:1
# text = the king's own niece
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	niece	niece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the daughter of a poor woodcutter from the hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1765-pg641-part16:e4:o3:1
# text = the daughter of a poor woodcutter from the hills
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	woodcutter	woodcutter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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a king's daughter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1765-pg641-part16:e4:o4:1
# text = a king's daughter
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	daughter	daughter	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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