--- title: Which quality of the Prince is most evident in his resolve to marry… — Fairy Tales, The Dirty Shepherdess: a… · tree and pragmatics description: Which quality of the Prince is most evident in his resolve to marry the shepherdess? Exam question 4 of lesson 1903 «Fairy Tales, The Dirty Shepherdess: a King's youngest daughter hides in rags, works as a shepherdess, and wins a Prince with a lost ring.» of the books course of Mova's primary school --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1903-pg7277-part40/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/) / [Fairy Tales, The Dirty Shepherdess: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1903-pg7277-part40/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, The Dirty Shepherdess: a King's youngest daug… Which quality of the Prince is most evident in his resolve to marry the shepherdess? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** quality · **What happens:** be, marry · **To what, where:** resolve, shepherdess This is exam question 4 of lesson 1903 «Fairy Tales, The Dirty Shepherdess: a King's youngest daughter hides in rags, works as a shepherdess, and wins a Prince with a lost ring.» 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/1903-pg7277-part40/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1903-pg7277-part40:e4:1 # text = Which quality of the Prince is most evident in his resolve to marry the shepherdess? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 quality quality NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 amod _ _ 8 evident evident ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 resolve resolve NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 shepherdess shepherdess NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | which quality of the Prince | | | his resolve | | evident *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **marry** | to-infinitive | which quality of the Prince *not said here* | the shepherdess | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shepherdess=Patient | 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} fierce pride in his rank ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1903-pg7277-part40:e4:o1:1 # text = fierce pride in his rank 1 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 rank rank NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} quick wit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1903-pg7277-part40:e4:o2:1 # text = quick wit 1 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 wit wit NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} great courage ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1903-pg7277-part40:e4:o3:1 # text = great courage 1 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} constancy of his affection ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1903-pg7277-part40:e4:o4:1 # text = constancy of his affection 1 constancy constancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 affection affection NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` 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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