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title: Which bequest did the son elect upon the decease of his father? — Tales from Many Lands, The One-Handed… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which bequest did the son elect upon the decease of his father? Exam question 1 of lesson 1308 «Tales from Many Lands, The One-Handed Girl, part 1: after the parents die, a sister's pot and pumpkins bring her luck until her envious brother steals the pot» of the books course of Mova's primary school
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# Exam question 1 · Tales from Many Lands, The One-Handed Girl, part 1: after…

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Which bequest did the son elect upon the decease of his father?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bequest, father · **What happens:** do, decease · **To what, where:** son elect

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1308 «Tales from Many Lands, The One-Handed Girl, part 1: after the parents die, a sister's pot and pumpkins bring her luck until her envious brother steals the pot» 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/1308-pg3454-part33/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1308-pg3454-part33:e1:1
# text = Which bequest did the son elect upon the decease of his father?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	bequest	bequest	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	6	det	_	_
5	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	elect	elect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	decease	decease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which bequest | the son elect |  |  |  | upon the decease of bequest's father | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elect=Eventuality |
| 2 | **decease** |  | bequest's father |  |  |  |  |  | nom decease «event intransitive»: of=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 {#o1}

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Their goods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1308-pg3454-part33:e1:o1:1
# text = Their goods
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The material property of the household

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1308-pg3454-part33:e1:o2:1
# text = The material property of the household
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The money and goods of the hut

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1308-pg3454-part33:e1:o3:1
# text = The money and goods of the hut
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	2	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The livestock of the old household

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1308-pg3454-part33:e1:o4:1
# text = The livestock of the old household
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	livestock	livestock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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