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title: To which son did the deceased father bequeath the fruit of the fig-t… — Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Stor… · tree and pragmatics
description: To which son did the deceased father bequeath the fruit of the fig-tree? Exam question 2 of lesson 1672 «Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Story of Ciccu, part 61: the princess begs Ciccu's purse for a copy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Exam question 2 · Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Story of Ciccu, part 61:…

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To which son did the deceased father bequeath the fruit of the fig-tree?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, decease · **To what, where:** deceased father

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1672 «Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Story of Ciccu, part 61: the princess begs Ciccu's purse for a copy» 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/1672-pg5615-part61/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:e2:1
# text = To which son did the deceased father bequeath the fruit of the fig-tree?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	bequeath	bequeath	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	fig	fig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the deceased father |  |  |  | to which son; bequeath the fruit of the fig tree | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Eventuality |
| 2 | **decease** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To Ciccu

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:e2:o1:1
# text = To Ciccu
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Ciccu	Ciccu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To Peppe, the eldest son

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:e2:o2:1
# text = To Peppe, the eldest son
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Peppe	Peppe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To Alfin, the middle son

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:e2:o3:1
# text = To Alfin, the middle son
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Alfin	Alfin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	middle	middle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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

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

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To Ciccu, the youngest son

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:e2:o4:1
# text = To Ciccu, the youngest son
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Ciccu	Ciccu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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