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title: Yeah, the King's son wanted a bride who was what? — Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yeah, the King's son wanted a bride who was what? Test 9 · ★ 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 of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 9 · ★ · Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, part 1: a spinning gi…

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Yeah, the King's son wanted a bride who was what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** son, bride · **What happens:** want, be

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This is test 9 · ★ 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. 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:t9:1
# text = Yeah, the King's son wanted a bride who was what?
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the King's son |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is a** | past | a bride |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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both the poorest and the richest bride in the land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:t9:o1:1
# text = both the poorest and the richest bride in the land
1	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc:preconj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	poorest	poor	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	richest	rich	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the wisest and the bravest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:t9:o2:1
# text = the wisest and the bravest
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wisest	wise	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bravest	brave	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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a bride who was poor in coin but rich in heart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:t9:o3:1
# text = a bride who was poor in coin but rich in heart
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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the poorest and the richest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:t9:o4:1
# text = the poorest and the richest
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	poorest	poor	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	richest	rich	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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