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title: Why did the Queens throw a massive feast for their son's wedding? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Q… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the Queens throw a massive feast for their son's wedding? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1839 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens: the lad comes back to life, and the wicked witch is punished» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 9 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens: the lad comes…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Why did the Queens throw a massive feast for their son's wedding?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Queens, son · **What happens:** throw, wed · **To what, where:** massive feast

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1839 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens: the lad comes back to life, and the wicked witch is punished» 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/1839-pg7128-part23/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1839-pg7128-part23:t9:1
# text = Why did the Queens throw a massive feast for their son's wedding?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Queens	queen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	throw	throw	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | present | the Queens | a massive feast |  |  |  | for Queens's son's wedding | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Theme |
| 2 | **wed** |  | Queens's son |  |  |  |  |  | nom wedding «event transitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause the King had asked them to

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1839-pg7128-part23:t9:o1:1
# text = Cause the King had asked them to
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	asked	ask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	ccomp	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · perfect | the King |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They got loads of rich from the rice and their son's bride was lovely

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1839-pg7128-part23:t9:o2:1
# text = They got loads of rich from the rice and their son's bride was lovely
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | They | loads of rich |  | the rice |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent load=Theme from rice=Source |
| 2 | **is** | past | loads's son's bride |  |  |  |  | lovely *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They got loads of rich from the rice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1839-pg7128-part23:t9:o3:1
# text = They got loads of rich from the rice
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | They | loads of rich |  | the rice |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent load=Theme from rice=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause the rice was finally ready

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1839-pg7128-part23:t9:o4:1
# text = Cause the rice was finally ready
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **is** | past | the rice |  |  |  |  | finally, ready *property* | tree rules |

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