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title: Determine the name of the lad to whom the true princess was assigned… — Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Goose Girl,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine the name of the lad to whom the true princess was assigned as an attendant in the king's meadow. Exam question 4 of lesson 98 «Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Goose Girl, part 1: a princess is tricked by her maid on the road and loses her horse and her place» of the books course of Mova's prima
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Goose Girl, part 1: a princess…

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Determine the name of the lad to whom the true princess was assigned as an attendant in the king's meadow.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** determine, assign, name · **To what, where:** name, true princess, lad, meadow

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 98 «Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Goose Girl, part 1: a princess is tricked by her maid on the road and loses her horse and her place» 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/98-pg11027-part1/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:98-pg11027-part1:e4:1
# text = Determine the name of the lad to whom the true princess was assigned as an attendant in the king's meadow.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	assigned	assign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	attendant	attendant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	's	PART	POS	_	19	case	_	_
21	meadow	meadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the name of the lad |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic |
| 2 | **assign** | past · passive |  | the true princess | the lad | the king's meadow |  | as a attendant | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to whom=Goal |
| 3 | **name** |  |  | the lad |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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the young lad named Curdken who herds the geese

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:98-pg11027-part1:e4:o1:1
# text = the young lad named Curdken who herds the geese
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	Curdken	Curdken	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	herds	herd	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	geese	goose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | participle |  | the young lad *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **herd** | present | the young lad | the geese |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent goose=Patient |

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

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Curdken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:98-pg11027-part1:e4:o2:1
# text = Curdken
1	Curdken	Curdken	PROPN	NNP	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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Heinrich

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:98-pg11027-part1:e4:o3:1
# text = Heinrich
1	Heinrich	Heinrich	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Curdken the goose-herd's son from the village

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:98-pg11027-part1:e4:o4:1
# text = Curdken the goose-herd's son from the village
1	Curdken	Curdken	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

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