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title: State the nature of the gift which the queen bestowed upon the king. — Indian Fairy Tales, Puruna, part 54: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the nature of the gift which the queen bestowed upon the king. Exam question 1 of lesson 1253 «Indian Fairy Tales, Puruna, part 54: the king's hunt and the hermit's prophecy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, Puruna, part 54: the king's hunt and t…

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State the nature of the gift which the queen bestowed upon the king.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** bestow · **To what, where:** queen

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1253 «Indian Fairy Tales, Puruna, part 54: the king's hunt and the hermit's prophecy» 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/1253-pg3282-part54/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1253-pg3282-part54:e1:1
# text = State the nature of the gift which the queen bestowed upon the king.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	bestowed	bestow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bestow** | participle |  | the queen *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the king | tree rules |

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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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a boy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1253-pg3282-part54:e1:o1:1
# text = a boy
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a son

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1253-pg3282-part54:e1:o2:1
# text = a son
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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a baby daughter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1253-pg3282-part54:e1:o3:1
# text = a baby daughter
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	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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a golden goblet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1253-pg3282-part54:e1:o4:1
# text = a golden goblet
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	goblet	goblet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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