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title: Identify the character who first proposes the marriage in the second… — Brown Fairy Book, Peter and the Golden… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the character who first proposes the marriage in the second tale. Exam question 3 of lesson 706 «Brown Fairy Book, Peter and the Golden-haired Maiden: Peter calls his dogs and wins back the girl» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 3 · Brown Fairy Book, Peter and the Golden-haired Maiden: Pete…

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Identify the character who first proposes the marriage in the second tale.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, character · **What happens:** identify, propose · **To what, where:** character, marriage, second tale

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 706 «Brown Fairy Book, Peter and the Golden-haired Maiden: Peter calls his dogs and wins back the girl» 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/706-pg2435-part46/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:706-pg2435-part46:e3:1
# text = Identify the character who first proposes the marriage in the second tale.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
6	proposes	propose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	amod	_	_
12	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the character |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent character=Theme |
| 2 | **propose** | present | the character | the marriage |  | the second tale |  | first *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent marriage=Theme |

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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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The Sultan, who offers the girl to Abu Nowas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:706-pg2435-part46:e3:o1:1
# text = The Sultan, who offers the girl to Abu Nowas
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	offers	offer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Abu	Abu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	Nowas	Nowas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | present | the Sultan | the girl | Abu |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent girl=Theme to abu=Goal |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The Sultana, who proposes the girl to Abu Nowas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:706-pg2435-part46:e3:o2:1
# text = The Sultana, who proposes the girl to Abu Nowas
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sultana	Sultana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	proposes	propose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Abu	Abu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	Nowas	Nowas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propose** | present | the Sultana | the girl | Abu |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent girl=Theme to abu=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The bridegroom, who asks the Sultana for the girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:706-pg2435-part46:e3:o3:1
# text = The bridegroom, who asks the Sultana for the girl
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bridegroom	bridegroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Sultana	Sultana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | the bridegroom |  | the Sultana |  |  | for the girl | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sultana=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Sultana's maid, who suggests the marriage to Abu Nowas in the garden

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:706-pg2435-part46:e3:o4:1
# text = The Sultana's maid, who suggests the marriage to Abu Nowas in the garden
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sultana	Sultana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	suggests	suggest	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Abu	Abu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	Nowas	Nowas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | present | the Sultana's maid | the marriage | Abu | the garden |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent marriage=Topic to abu=Recipient |

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