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description: To what conclusion did the old King come upon observing the girl standing in the courtyard below? Exam question 2 of lesson 1476 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 63: the false bride takes the princess's place and is found out» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 63: the false br…

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To what conclusion did the old King come upon observing the girl standing in the courtyard below?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** conclusion, old King, girl · **What happens:** do, come, observe, stand · **To what, where:** girl, courtyard

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1476 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 63: the false bride takes the princess's place and is found out» 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/1476-pg503-part63/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1476-pg503-part63:e2:1
# text = To what conclusion did the old King come upon observing the girl standing in the courtyard below?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	observing	observe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	below	below	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | conclusion |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **come** | present | the old King |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **observe** | gerund | the old King *not said here* | the girl |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent girl=Topic |
| 4 | **stand** | gerund | the girl *not said here* |  |  | the courtyard |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in courtyard=Location |

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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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that she was merely a goose-girl of low birth who had been deceived

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1476-pg503-part63:e2:o1:1
# text = that she was merely a goose-girl of low birth who had been deceived
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	merely	merely	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	deceived	deceive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | she | a goose girl |  |  |  | of low birth; merely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **deceive** | past · perfect · passive |  | low birth |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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that she was of noble and gentle character and must be a true princess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1476-pg503-part63:e2:o2:1
# text = that she was of noble and gentle character and must be a true princess
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	noble	noble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	cop	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | of noble character and a true princess | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | must | she *not said here* | a true princess |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that she was of noble and gentle character

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1476-pg503-part63:e2:o3:1
# text = that she was of noble and gentle character
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	noble	noble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | noble *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that she was a stranger of gentle manner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1476-pg503-part63:e2:o4:1
# text = that she was a stranger of gentle manner
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | she | a stranger |  |  |  | of gentle manner | tree rules |

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