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title: Which of the following did the Prince decline to accept from the lan… — Grimm's Tales, The Raven, part 1: a fa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following did the Prince decline to accept from the landlord's daughter? Exam question 3 of lesson 1928 «Grimm's Tales, The Raven, part 1: a faithful servant saves his master, then a witch's poison kills a horse, a raven and twelve robbers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Exam question 3 · Grimm's Tales, The Raven, part 1: a faithful servant saves…

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Which of the following did the Prince decline to accept from the landlord's daughter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, accept

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1928 «Grimm's Tales, The Raven, part 1: a faithful servant saves his master, then a witch's poison kills a horse, a raven and twelve robbers» 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/1928-pg7277-part65/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1928-pg7277-part65:e3:1
# text = Which of the following did the Prince decline to accept from the landlord's daughter?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	decline	decline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	accept	accept	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	landlord	landlord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **accept** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | from the landlord's daughter | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from daughter=Source |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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the treasures of the robbers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1928-pg7277-part65:e3:o1:1
# text = the treasures of the robbers
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	treasures	treasure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treasure** |  |  | the robbers |  |  |  |  | nom treasure «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the bread of the inn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1928-pg7277-part65:e3:o2:1
# text = the bread of the inn
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	inn	inn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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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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the warning of the girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1928-pg7277-part65:e3:o3:1
# text = the warning of the girl
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** |  |  | the girl |  |  |  |  | nom warning «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the lodging for the night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1928-pg7277-part65:e3:o4:1
# text = the lodging for the night
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lodging	lodging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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