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title: Upon what condition was the crown to pass to one of the King's sons,… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Cou… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what condition was the crown to pass to one of the King's sons, according to the account of the three feathers? Exam question 4 of lesson 104 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Could Not Shiver: a bride pours cold fish over him and he learns to shiver» of the books course of Mova's primary sch
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Could Not Shiver: a bri…

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Upon what condition was the crown to pass to one of the King's sons, according to the account of the three feathers?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition · **What happens:** be, pass, accord, account · **To what, where:** crown, one, three feathers

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 104 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Could Not Shiver: a bride pours cold fish over him and he learns to shiver» 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/104-pg11027-part7/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:104-pg11027-part7:e4:1
# text = Upon what condition was the crown to pass to one of the King's sons, according to the account of the three feathers?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	pass	pass	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	case	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	fixed	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	24	nummod	_	_
24	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | condition | the crown |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive |  |  | one of the King's sons |  |  | accord the account of the three feathers | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon what=Location |
| 3 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **account** |  |  | the three feathers |  |  |  |  | nom account «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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Whoever had the greatest skill with a bow and arrow in the royal hunt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:104-pg11027-part7:e4:o1:1
# text = Whoever had the greatest skill with a bow and arrow in the royal hunt
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	hunt	hunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Whoever | the greatest skill |  | the royal hunt |  | with a bow and arrow | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skill=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Whoever could show the King the most beautiful ring, jewelled crown, and fine carpet from abroad

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:104-pg11027-part7:e4:o2:1
# text = Whoever could show the King the most beautiful ring, jewelled crown, and fine carpet from abroad
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
8	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	jewelled	jewell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	carpet	carpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | could | Whoever | the beautiful ring and jewelled crown | the King |  |  | fine carpet *obl* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent king=Recipient ring=Topic |
| 2 | **jewell** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Whoever brought the finest horse home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:104-pg11027-part7:e4:o3:1
# text = Whoever brought the finest horse home
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	finest	fine	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | Whoever | the finest horse home |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent home=Theme |

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

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Whoever obtained the most splendid carpet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:104-pg11027-part7:e4:o4:1
# text = Whoever obtained the most splendid carpet
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	obtained	obtain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	splendid	splendid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	carpet	carpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | past | Whoever | the splendid carpet |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset carpet=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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