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title: Identify the condition that the Beast imposes upon the merchant in r… — Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the condition that the Beast imposes upon the merchant in return for his forgiveness. Exam question 2 of lesson 1438 «Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 25: the stolen rose and the Beast's bargain» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 25: the stolen ros…

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Identify the condition that the Beast imposes upon the merchant in return for his forgiveness.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Beast · **What happens:** identify, impose · **To what, where:** condition

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1438 «Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 25: the stolen rose and the Beast's bargain» 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/1438-pg503-part25/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1438-pg503-part25:e2:1
# text = Identify the condition that the Beast imposes upon the merchant in return for his forgiveness.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Beast	Beast	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	imposes	impose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the condition |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme |
| 2 | **impose** | present | the Beast | the condition *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the merchant in return for Beast's forgiveness | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Theme |

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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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That the merchant returns the rose every single month

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1438-pg503-part25:e2:o1:1
# text = That the merchant returns the rose every single month
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	returns	return	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
8	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | present | that merchant | the rose |  |  | month |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rose=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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That one of his sons must fight the Beast in a duel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1438-pg503-part25:e2:o2:1
# text = That one of his sons must fight the Beast in a duel
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Beast	Beast	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	duel	duel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | must | that one of his sons | the Beast |  | a duel |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beast=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That the merchant must return alone within a month to beg the Beast for mercy again

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1438-pg503-part25:e2:o3:1
# text = That the merchant must return alone within a month to beg the Beast for mercy again
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	within	within	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	beg	beg	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Beast	Beast	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	mercy	mercy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	again	again	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | must | that merchant |  |  |  | month | alone *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | to-infinitive | that merchant *not said here* |  | the Beast |  | again | for mercy | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent beast=Recipient for mercy=Topic |

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

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That one of the merchant's daughters shall come to the castle of her own accord

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1438-pg503-part25:e2:o4:1
# text = That one of the merchant's daughters shall come to the castle of her own accord
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
8	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	accord	accord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | shall | that one of the merchant's daughters |  |  | the castle of her own accord |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to castle=Initial\_Location |

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