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title: Which article did the huntsman bring home to the old king as proof o… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Water of Life… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which article did the huntsman bring home to the old king as proof of the prince's supposed death? Exam question 2 of lesson 775 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Water of Life: the youngest prince is cheated, then wins his bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Water of Life: the youngest princ…

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Which article did the huntsman bring home to the old king as proof of the prince's supposed death?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** article, prince · **What happens:** bring, suppose, proof, die · **To what, where:** old king, supposed death

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 775 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Water of Life: the youngest prince is cheated, then wins his bride» 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/775-pg2591-part51/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:775-pg2591-part51:e2:1
# text = Which article did the huntsman bring home to the old king as proof of the prince's supposed death?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	huntsman	huntsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	amod	_	_
19	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past · do-support | which article |  | the old king |  |  | as proof of the prince's supposed death; home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to king=Destination |
| 2 | **suppose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **proof** |  |  | the prince's supposed death |  |  |  |  | nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **die** |  | the prince |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

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His silver crown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:775-pg2591-part51:e2:o1:1
# text = His silver crown
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crown** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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His bloody hat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:775-pg2591-part51:e2:o2:1
# text = His bloody hat
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The prince's bloodied royal coat and belt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:775-pg2591-part51:e2:o3:1
# text = The prince's bloodied royal coat and belt
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	bloodied	bloody	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bloody** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The prince's royal coat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:775-pg2591-part51:e2:o4:1
# text = The prince's royal coat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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