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title: Which condition did the Duchess Grumbly stipulate as the sole requir… — Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percin… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which condition did the Duchess Grumbly stipulate as the sole requirement of her marriage to the King? Exam question 1 of lesson 1541 «Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 38: the Duchess gets her gold and is thrown from the horse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dep
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# Exam question 1 · Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 38: the Duc…

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Which condition did the Duchess Grumbly stipulate as the sole requirement of her marriage to the King?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** condition, Grumbly · **What happens:** stipulate, require, marry · **To what, where:** marriage

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1541 «Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 38: the Duchess gets her gold and is thrown from the horse» 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/1541-pg540-part38/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:e1:1
# text = Which condition did the Duchess Grumbly stipulate as the sole requirement of her marriage to the King?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Grumbly	Grumbly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stipulate	stipulate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	sole	sole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	requirement	requirement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stipulate** | past · do-support | which condition |  |  |  |  | as the sole requirement of Grumbly's marriage to the King | tree rules |
| 2 | **require** |  |  | Grumbly's marriage to the King |  |  |  |  | nom requirement «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **marry** |  | Grumbly |  |  |  |  | to the King | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent to=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 {#o1}

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full control of the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:e1:o1:1
# text = full control of the palace
1	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	control	control	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	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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entire control of the Princess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:e1:o2:1
# text = entire control of the Princess
1	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	control	control	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	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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entire control of the Princess and all her property

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:e1:o3:1
# text = entire control of the Princess and all her property
1	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	control	control	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	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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sole authority over her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:e1:o4:1
# text = sole authority over her
1	sole	sole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	authority	authority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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