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description: Which of the following correctly states the nature of the gift conferred upon the royal couple? Exam question 4 of lesson 1170 «Crimson Fairy Book, The White Doe, part 36: the buffalo dies, the wife poisons herself, and a queen is promised a daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wi
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# Exam question 4 · Crimson Fairy Book, The White Doe, part 36: the buffalo di…

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Which of the following correctly states the nature of the gift conferred upon the royal couple?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, state, confer · **To what, where:** nature, gift

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1170 «Crimson Fairy Book, The White Doe, part 36: the buffalo dies, the wife poisons herself, and a queen is promised a daughter» 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/1170-pg3027-part36/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1170-pg3027-part36:e4:1
# text = Which of the following correctly states the nature of the gift conferred upon the royal couple?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	nsubj	_	_
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	states	state	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	conferred	confer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	couple	couple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	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 | **state** *speech: other* | present |  | the nature of the gift |  |  |  | correctly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nature=Topic |
| 3 | **confer** | participle |  | the gift *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the royal couple | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The promise of a daughter, born after five years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1170-pg3027-part36:e4:o1:1
# text = The promise of a daughter, born after five years
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | participle |  | the promise of a daughter *not said here* |  |  | year |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **promise** |  |  | a daughter |  |  |  |  | nom promise «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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A son and heir

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1170-pg3027-part36:e4:o2:1
# text = A son and heir
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	heir	heir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A son, born after a long illness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1170-pg3027-part36:e4:o3:1
# text = A son, born after a long illness
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | participle |  | a son *not said here* |  |  | after a long illness |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The promise of a son who would rule the kingdom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1170-pg3027-part36:e4:o4:1
# text = The promise of a son who would rule the kingdom
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	rule	rule	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | would | the promise of a son | the kingdom |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme |
| 2 | **promise** |  |  | a son |  |  |  |  | nom promise «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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