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title: Pursuant to the King's proclamation, what reward was offered to the… — Roumanian Tales, The Norka, part 28: P… · tree and pragmatics
description: Pursuant to the King's proclamation, what reward was offered to the person who destroyed the Norka? Exam question 1 of lesson 1531 «Roumanian Tales, The Norka, part 28: Prince Ivan slays the Norka underground and brings his sisters up» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Exam question 1 · Roumanian Tales, The Norka, part 28: Prince Ivan slays the…

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Pursuant to the King's proclamation, what reward was offered to the person who destroyed the Norka?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** person, King · **What happens:** offer, destroy, proclaim · **To what, where:** proclamation, person, Norka

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1531 «Roumanian Tales, The Norka, part 28: Prince Ivan slays the Norka underground and brings his sisters up» 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/1531-pg540-part28/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:e1:1
# text = Pursuant to the King's proclamation, what reward was offered to the person who destroyed the Norka?
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	proclamation	proclamation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Norka	Norka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | past · passive |  | the King's proclamation | the person |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to person=Goal |
| 2 | **destroy** | past | the person | the Norka |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent norka=Patient |
| 3 | **proclaim** |  | the King |  |  |  |  |  | nom proclamation «communication transitive»: poss=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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One half of the kingdom and a palace full of gold coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:e1:o1:1
# text = One half of the kingdom and a palace full of gold coins
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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One third of the treasury

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:e1:o2:1
# text = One third of the treasury
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	third	third	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	treasury	treasury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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One half of the kingdom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:e1:o3:1
# text = One half of the kingdom
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Half the royal city

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:e1:o4:1
# text = Half the royal city
1	Half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	4	det:predet	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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