--- title: Which gift did Anna promise should she be chosen by a suitor? — Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with t… · tree and pragmatics description: Which gift did Anna promise should she be chosen by a suitor? Exam question 4 of lesson 1801 «Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with the Golden Stars, part 1: an emperor hears three sisters' boasts and carries off Laptitza» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1801-pg641-part52/e4/) [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/) / [Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1801-pg641-part52/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with the Golden Stars, par… Which gift did Anna promise should she be chosen by a suitor? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** gift, suitor · **What happens:** promise, choose · **To what, where:** Anna · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 4 of lesson 1801 «Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with the Golden Stars, part 1: an emperor hears three sisters' boasts and carries off Laptitza» 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/1801-pg641-part52/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:e4:1 # text = Which gift did Anna promise should she be chosen by a suitor? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 Anna Anna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 suitor suitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · do-support | which gift | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **choose** | should · passive | a suitor | Anna | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | 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} A silver cup of fine wine ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:e4:o1:1 # text = A silver cup of fine wine 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A loaf that preserves youth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:e4:o2:1 # text = A loaf that preserves youth 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 loaf loaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 preserves preserve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **preserve** | present | a loaf | youth | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Beneficiary | ### Option 3 {#o3} A cake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:e4:o3:1 # text = A cake 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Golden bread ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:e4:o4:1 # text = Golden bread 1 Golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 bread bread 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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