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title: What did the King's son resolve regarding the qualities of his prosp… — Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the King's son resolve regarding the qualities of his prospective bride? Exam question 3 of lesson 1925 «Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, part 1: a spinning girl's spindle leads a prince to her door» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 3 · Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, part 1: a spinning gi…

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What did the King's son resolve regarding the qualities of his prospective bride?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, regard · **To what, where:** son resolve

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1925 «Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, part 1: a spinning girl's spindle leads a prince to her door» 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/1925-pg7277-part62/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:e3:1
# text = What did the King's son resolve regarding the qualities of his prospective bride?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	resolve	resolve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	qualities	quality	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	prospective	prospective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the King's son resolve |  |  |  | regard the qualities of King's prospective bride | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent resolve=Eventuality |
| 2 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «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 {#o1}

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that she should be the poorest maid and the richest lady of the land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:e3:o1:1
# text = that she should be the poorest maid and the richest lady of the land
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	poorest	poor	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	richest	rich	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
11	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | should | she | the poorest maid and the richest lady of the land |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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that she should be both the poorest and the richest in the realm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:e3:o2:1
# text = that she should be both the poorest and the richest in the realm
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
5	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc:preconj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	poorest	poor	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	richest	rich	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	realm	realm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | should | she |  |  |  |  | poor *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | she *not said here* |  |  | the realm |  |  | tree rules |

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

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that she should be the poorest and the richest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:e3:o3:1
# text = that she should be the poorest and the richest
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	poorest	poor	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	richest	rich	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | should | she |  |  |  |  | poor *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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that she should be the wisest and the bravest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:e3:o4:1
# text = that she should be the wisest and the bravest
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wisest	wise	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bravest	brave	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | should | she |  |  |  |  | wise *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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