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title: What circumstance prompted the parrot king to address his flock? — Indian Fairy Tales, How the Raja's Son… · tree and pragmatics
description: What circumstance prompted the parrot king to address his flock? Exam question 2 of lesson 1818 «Indian Fairy Tales, How the Raja's Son won the Princess Labam, part 1: the prince disobeys his mother and sets out to find Labam» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, How the Raja's Son won the Princess La…

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What circumstance prompted the parrot king to address his flock?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** circumstance · **What happens:** prompt, address · **To what, where:** parrot king, flock

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1818 «Indian Fairy Tales, How the Raja's Son won the Princess Labam, part 1: the prince disobeys his mother and sets out to find Labam» 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/1818-pg7128-part2/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1818-pg7128-part2:e2:1
# text = What circumstance prompted the parrot king to address his flock?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	prompted	prompt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	address	address	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prompt** | past | what circumstance | the parrot king |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition king=Patient |
| 2 | **address** | to-infinitive | what circumstance *not said here* | circumstance's flock |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flock=Destination |

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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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The prince's discharge of his weapon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1818-pg7128-part2:e2:o1:1
# text = The prince's discharge of his weapon
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	discharge	discharge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	weapon	weapon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discharge** |  | the prince | his weapon |  |  |  |  | nom discharge «event transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The loud crack of a stick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1818-pg7128-part2:e2:o2:1
# text = The loud crack of a stick
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The prince's sudden arrival at the tank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1818-pg7128-part2:e2:o3:1
# text = The prince's sudden arrival at the tank
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tank	tank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** |  | the prince |  |  | the tank |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent at=place |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A gunshot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1818-pg7128-part2:e2:o4:1
# text = A gunshot
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gunshot	gunshot	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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