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title: What is the principal consequence of the neighbor's deception before… — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the principal consequence of the neighbor's deception before the Daimio? Exam question 2 of lesson 1370 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Made the Trees Blossom: the ashes bring a dead cherry tree into bloom, and the greedy neighbor is jailed» of the books course of Mova's primary schoo
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# Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Made the Trees Bloss…

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What is the principal consequence of the neighbor's deception before the Daimio?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** neighbor · **What happens:** be, deceive · **To what, where:** principal consequence

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1370 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Made the Trees Blossom: the ashes bring a dead cherry tree into bloom, and the greedy neighbor is jailed» 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/1370-pg4018-part30/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1370-pg4018-part30:e2:1
# text = What is the principal consequence of the neighbor's deception before the Daimio?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	neighbor	neighbor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	deception	deception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	before	before	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Daimio	Daimio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the principal consequence |  |  |  | of the neighbor's deception before the Daimio | tree rules |
| 2 | **deceive** |  | the neighbor |  |  |  | before the Daimio |  | nom deception «communication transitive»: poss=agent before=obl |

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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 fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1370-pg4018-part30:e2:o1:1
# text = A fine
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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His public whipping in the garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1370-pg4018-part30:e2:o2:1
# text = His public whipping in the garden
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	whipping	whipping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whip** |  | His *= he* |  |  | the garden |  |  | nom whipping «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place |

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

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His imprisonment as an impostor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1370-pg4018-part30:e2:o3:1
# text = His imprisonment as an impostor
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	imprisonment	imprisonment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	impostor	impostor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **imprison** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  | as a impostor | nom imprisonment «act transitive»: poss=agent as=obl |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His beheading before the court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1370-pg4018-part30:e2:o4:1
# text = His beheading before the court
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	beheading	beheading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	before	before	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	court	court	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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