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# Exam question 4 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Fairy, part 34: a bridge of c…

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State the condition under which the Fairy's doom would befall the Prince if the third task was not completed.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, doom, Fairy · **What happens:** state, befall, not complete, doom · **To what, where:** condition, Prince, third task

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1710 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Fairy, part 34: a bridge of clouds, a duck, a vanishing church and a boar» 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/1710-pg640-part34/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1710-pg640-part34:e4:1
# text = State the condition under which the Fairy's doom would befall the Prince if the third task was not completed.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	doom	doom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	befall	befall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	17	amod	_	_
17	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux:pass	_	_
19	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	20	advmod	_	_
20	completed	complete	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the condition |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic |
| 2 | **befall** | would | the Fairy's doom | the Prince |  | the condition |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **complete** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive |  | the third task |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 4 | **doom** |  | the Fairy |  |  |  |  |  | nom doom «event transitive»: poss=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it must finish before the moon sets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1710-pg640-part34:e4:o1:1
# text = it must finish before the moon sets
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	finish	finish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sets	set	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **finish** | must | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **set** | present | the moon |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
completion must occur within one hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1710-pg640-part34:e4:o2:1
# text = completion must occur within one hour
1	completion	completion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	occur	occur	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | must | completion |  |  |  | hour |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
completion must occur within one hour or the Fairy wins the boy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1710-pg640-part34:e4:o3:1
# text = completion must occur within one hour or the Fairy wins the boy
1	completion	completion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	occur	occur	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	wins	win	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | must | completion |  |  |  | hour |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **win** | present | the Fairy | the boy |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
completion must occur within one hour, otherwise his life is forfeit to the Fairy

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1710-pg640-part34:e4:o4:1
# text = completion must occur within one hour, otherwise his life is forfeit to the Fairy
1	completion	completion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	occur	occur	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	forfeit	forfeit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | must | completion |  |  |  | hour |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | completion's life | forfeit |  |  |  | to the Fairy; otherwise *property* | tree rules |

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