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title: Upon what condition did the husband undertake to refrain from lookin… — Folk Tales, How Some Wild Animals Beca… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what condition did the husband undertake to refrain from looking back? Exam question 1 of lesson 1233 «Folk Tales, How Some Wild Animals Became Tame Ones, part 34: a boy warns the animals on the way to the miller's wedding, and they ignore him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with
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# Exam question 1 · Folk Tales, How Some Wild Animals Became Tame Ones, part 3…

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Upon what condition did the husband undertake to refrain from looking back?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** husband · **What happens:** undertake, refrain, look back

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1233 «Folk Tales, How Some Wild Animals Became Tame Ones, part 34: a boy warns the animals on the way to the miller's wedding, and they ignore him» 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/1233-pg3282-part34/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1233-pg3282-part34:e1:1
# text = Upon what condition did the husband undertake to refrain from looking back?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obl	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	undertake	undertake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	refrain	refrain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | past · do-support | the husband |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **refrain** | to-infinitive | the husband *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **look back** | gerund | the husband *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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until he had stepped within the threshold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1233-pg3282-part34:e1:o1:1
# text = until he had stepped within the threshold
1	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	stepped	step	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	threshold	threshold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **step** | past · perfect · passive |  | he |  |  |  | within the threshold | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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until the wedding feast had ended

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1233-pg3282-part34:e1:o2:1
# text = until the wedding feast had ended
1	until	until	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	ended	end	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | past · perfect |  |  |  |  | until the wedding feast |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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until he was outside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1233-pg3282-part34:e1:o3:1
# text = until he was outside
1	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | outside *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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until he had crossed the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1233-pg3282-part34:e1:o4:1
# text = until he had crossed the river
1	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	crossed	cross	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | past · perfect | he | the river |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient |

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