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title: Upon what grounds did the false bride request the execution of the f… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what grounds did the false bride request the execution of the faithful horse Falada? Exam question 3 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 dependency tree 
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# Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 63: the false br…

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Upon what grounds did the false bride request the execution of the faithful horse Falada?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** ground, do, request, execute · **To what, where:** false bride, execution, faithful horse

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1476-pg503-part63:e3:1
# text = Upon what grounds did the false bride request the execution of the faithful horse Falada?
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grounds	ground	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	request	request	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	execution	execution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	Falada	Falada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ground** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the false bride |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Eventuality |
| 3 | **request** | present |  | the execution of the faithful horse |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent execution=Recipient |
| 4 | **execute** |  |  | the faithful horse |  |  |  |  | nom execution «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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upon a claim that the horse had been stolen from the royal stable by the goose-girl

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1476-pg503-part63:e3:o1:1
# text = upon a claim that the horse had been stolen from the royal stable by the goose-girl
1	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	stable	stable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past · perfect · passive | the goose girl | the horse |  | the royal stable |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from stable=Source |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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upon a claim of ill conduct on the journey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1476-pg503-part63:e3:o2:1
# text = upon a claim of ill conduct on the journey
1	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **claim** |  |  | ill conduct on the journey |  |  |  |  | nom claim «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
on a charge of stubbornness on the road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1476-pg503-part63:e3:o3:1
# text = on a charge of stubbornness on the road
1	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	stubbornness	stubbornness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **charge** |  |  | stubbornness |  | the road |  |  | nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient on=place |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
for disobedience during the ride

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1476-pg503-part63:e3:o4:1
# text = for disobedience during the ride
1	for	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	disobedience	disobedience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	during	during	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ride	ride	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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