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title: State the age, strength and wisdom attained by the princes after thr… — Roumanian Tales, The Milkwhite Maiden,… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the age, strength and wisdom attained by the princes after three days and nights. Exam question 4 of lesson 1802 «Roumanian Tales, The Milkwhite Maiden, part 53: the sparks become golden fishes, and the fishes become princes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr
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# Exam question 4 · Roumanian Tales, The Milkwhite Maiden, part 53: the sparks…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
State the age, strength and wisdom attained by the princes after three days and nights.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, attain · **To what, where:** age, strength

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1802 «Roumanian Tales, The Milkwhite Maiden, part 53: the sparks become golden fishes, and the fishes become princes» 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/1802-pg641-part53/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1802-pg641-part53:e4:1
# text = State the age, strength and wisdom attained by the princes after three days and nights.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	attained	attain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	after	after	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the age and strength and wisdom |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent age=Topic |
| 2 | **attain** | participle |  | strength and wisdom *not said here* |  |  | day | by the princes | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Twelve years in age, twenty-four in strength

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1802-pg641-part53:e4:o1:1
# text = Twelve years in age, twenty-four in strength
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	parataxis	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Twelve years in age, twenty-four in strength, and wise beyond their years

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1802-pg641-part53:e4:o2:1
# text = Twelve years in age, twenty-four in strength, and wise beyond their years
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nsubj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
14	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Twelve years in age, twenty-four in strength, and great wisdom from the old witch

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1802-pg641-part53:e4:o3:1
# text = Twelve years in age, twenty-four in strength, and great wisdom from the old witch
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Twelve years in age, twenty in strength

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1802-pg641-part53:e4:o4:1
# text = Twelve years in age, twenty in strength
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

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