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title: Upon which occasion did the Prince's father condemn the gypsy to dea… — Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three b… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon which occasion did the Prince's father condemn the gypsy to death? Exam question 1 of lesson 1565 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three burnt geese, and a pin pulled from a bird» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Exam question 1 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three burnt geese, and a pi…

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Upon which occasion did the Prince's father condemn the gypsy to death?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** father · **What happens:** condemn · **To what, where:** gypsy

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1565 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three burnt geese, and a pin pulled from a bird» 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/1565-pg540-part62/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:e1:1
# text = Upon which occasion did the Prince's father condemn the gypsy to death?
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	condemn	condemn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	gypsy	gypsy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **condemn** | past · do-support | the Prince's father | the gypsy |  |  |  | to death | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gypsy=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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upon discovering the imposture

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:e1:o1:1
# text = upon discovering the imposture
1	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	discovering	discover	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	imposture	imposture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discover** | gerund |  | the imposture |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent imposture=Topic |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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once the whole court learned the bride was really a gypsy girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:e1:o2:1
# text = once the whole court learned the bride was really a gypsy girl
1	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
9	really	really	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	gypsy	gypsy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | past | the whole court |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the bride | a gypsy girl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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after the false bride had been unmasked in the hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:e1:o3:1
# text = after the false bride had been unmasked in the hall
1	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	unmasked	unmask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unmask** | past · perfect · passive |  | the false bride |  | the hall |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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after the wedding feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:e1:o4:1
# text = after the wedding feast
1	after	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	feast	feast	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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