--- title: What penalty did the king stipulate should the boy fail in his quest? — Fairy Book, The Golden Hen, part 37: a… · tree and pragmatics description: What penalty did the king stipulate should the boy fail in his quest? Exam question 4 of lesson 1236 «Fairy Book, The Golden Hen, part 37: a gardener's boy sets out to find a golden hen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1236-pg3282-part37/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Fairy Book, The Golden Hen, part 37: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1236-pg3282-part37/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, The Golden Hen, part 37: a gardener's boy sets… What penalty did the king stipulate should the boy fail in his quest? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** penalty, king · **What happens:** do, stipulate, fail, quest · **To what, where:** quest This is exam question 4 of lesson 1236 «Fairy Book, The Golden Hen, part 37: a gardener's boy sets out to find a golden hen» 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/1236-pg3282-part37/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1236-pg3282-part37:e4:1 # text = What penalty did the king stipulate should the boy fail in his quest? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 penalty penalty NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 6 stipulate stipulate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ _ 7 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 fail fail NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 quest quest NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | penalty | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **stipulate** | infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fail** | should | the king | | | king's quest | | | tree rules | | 4 | **quest** | | king | | | | | | nom quest «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} banishment from the realm ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1236-pg3282-part37:e4:o1:1 # text = banishment from the realm 1 banishment banishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} imprisonment for life ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1236-pg3282-part37:e4:o2:1 # text = imprisonment for life 1 imprisonment imprisonment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} forfeiture of his head ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1236-pg3282-part37:e4:o3:1 # text = forfeiture of his head 1 forfeiture forfeiture NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forfeit** | | | his head | | | | | nom forfeiture «possession transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} death ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1236-pg3282-part37:e4:o4:1 # text = death 1 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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