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description: Which consequence did the king accept once the signal had been observed? Exam question 4 of lesson 1651 «Lang fairy book, The Golden Lion: the youngest brother hides in a golden lion, wins the princess by her white sash, and marries her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Exam question 4 · Lang fairy book, The Golden Lion: the youngest brother hid…

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Which consequence did the king accept once the signal had been observed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** consequence, king · **What happens:** do, accept, observe · **To what, where:** signal

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1651 «Lang fairy book, The Golden Lion: the youngest brother hides in a golden lion, wins the princess by her white sash, and marries her» 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/1651-pg5615-part40/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1651-pg5615-part40:e4:1
# text = Which consequence did the king accept once the signal had been observed?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	accept	accept	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	signal	signal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which consequence |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **accept** | present | the king |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **observe** | past · perfect · passive |  | the signal |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |

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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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He conceded the marriage and ordered the feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1651-pg5615-part40:e4:o1:1
# text = He conceded the marriage and ordered the feast
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	conceded	concede	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concede** | past | He | the marriage |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent marriage=Theme |
| 2 | **order** | past | He *not said here* | the feast |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He conceded the marriage and ordered the feast to begin at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1651-pg5615-part40:e4:o2:1
# text = He conceded the marriage and ordered the feast to begin at once
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	conceded	concede	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	begin	begin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concede** | past | He | the marriage |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent marriage=Theme |
| 2 | **order** | past | He *not said here* | the feast |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent feast=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **begin** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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He kept the princess for his own bride

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1651-pg5615-part40:e4:o3:1
# text = He kept the princess for his own bride
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | He | the princess |  |  |  | for his own bride | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He agreed to the match and called the guests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1651-pg5615-part40:e4:o4:1
# text = He agreed to the match and called the guests
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | He |  |  |  |  | to the match | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **call** | past | He *not said here* |  | the guests |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent guest=Recipient |

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