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title: Specify the occupation of Puruna, mother of the prophesied bridegroom. — Indian Fairy Tales, Puruna, part 54: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Specify the occupation of Puruna, mother of the prophesied bridegroom. Exam question 3 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 opt
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# Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, Puruna, part 54: the king's hunt and t…

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Specify the occupation of Puruna, mother of the prophesied bridegroom.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** specify, prophesy, occupy · **To what, where:** occupation, Puruna

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1253-pg3282-part54:e3:1
# text = Specify the occupation of Puruna, mother of the prophesied bridegroom.
1	Specify	specify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	occupation	occupation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Puruna	Puruna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	prophesied	prophesy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	bridegroom	bridegroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **specify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the occupation of Puruna and mother of the prophesied bridegroom |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent occupation=Theme |
| 2 | **prophesy** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **occupy** |  |  | Puruna |  |  |  |  | nom occupation «act 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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a royal servant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1253-pg3282-part54:e3:o1:1
# text = a royal servant
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	servant	servant	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 slave-girl who lived in the northern king's household

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1253-pg3282-part54:e3:o2:1
# text = a slave-girl who lived in the northern king's household
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	slave	slave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | a slave girl |  |  | the northern king's household |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in household=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a kitchen maid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1253-pg3282-part54:e3:o3:1
# text = a kitchen maid
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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a slave-girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1253-pg3282-part54:e3:o4:1
# text = a slave-girl
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	slave	slave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	girl	girl	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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