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description: In accordance with the text, upon what condition was the princess Gayelette prevailed upon to spare the Winged Monkeys? Exam question 1 of lesson 1604 «Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrible, part 19: the Wizard is found to be a little old man» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 1 · Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrible, part 19: the Wizard…

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In accordance with the text, upon what condition was the princess Gayelette prevailed upon to spare the Winged Monkeys?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** princess · **What happens:** be, prevail, spare, wing · **To what, where:** accordance, Winged Monkeys

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1604 «Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrible, part 19: the Wizard is found to be a little old man» 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/1604-pg55-part19/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1604-pg55-part19:e1:1
# text = In accordance with the text, upon what condition was the princess Gayelette prevailed upon to spare the Winged Monkeys?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	accordance	accordance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	_
9	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	Gayelette	Gayelette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
14	prevailed	prevail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	spare	spare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	Winged	wing	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	amod	_	_
20	Monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | upon the princess | tree rules |
| 2 | **prevail** | past | the princess |  |  | accordance with the text |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **spare** | to-infinitive | the princess *not said here* | the Winged Monkeys |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent monkey=Asset |
| 4 | **wing** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=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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Upon condition of a golden crown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1604-pg55-part19:e1:o1:1
# text = Upon condition of a golden crown
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **condition** |  |  | a golden crown |  |  |  |  | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Upon condition that they should serve the Princess of Oz once and then depart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1604-pg55-part19:e1:o2:1
# text = Upon condition that they should serve the Princess of Oz once and then depart
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Oz	Oz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	advmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
14	depart	depart	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | should | they | the Princess of Oz |  |  |  | once *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Attribute |
| 2 | **depart** | infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Upon condition that they should thrice obey the Wicked Witch of the West and her command

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1604-pg55-part19:e1:o3:1
# text = Upon condition that they should thrice obey the Wicked Witch of the West and her command
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	thrice	thrice	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	obey	obey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	West	West	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	command	command	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obey** | should | condition | the Wicked Witch of the West |  |  |  | thrice *property* | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Theme |
| 2 | **command** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Upon condition that they should thrice perform the bidding of the owner of the Golden Cap

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1604-pg55-part19:e1:o4:1
# text = Upon condition that they should thrice perform the bidding of the owner of the Golden Cap
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	thrice	thrice	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	perform	perform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bidding	bidding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	Cap	Cap	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | should | they | the bidding of the owner of the Golden Cap |  |  |  | thrice *property* | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bidding=Theme |
| 2 | **bid** |  |  | the owner of the Golden Cap |  |  |  |  | nom bidding «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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