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title: Which action did the prince take immediately upon receiving the crow… — Indian Fairy Tales, Gangazara, part 15… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action did the prince take immediately upon receiving the crown from the goldsmith? Exam question 1 of lesson 1831 «Indian Fairy Tales, Gangazara, part 15: the goldsmith betrays Gangazara, and the animal kings try to save him from the dungeon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with
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# Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, Gangazara, part 15: the goldsmith betr…

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Which action did the prince take immediately upon receiving the crown from the goldsmith?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action · **What happens:** take, receive · **To what, where:** crown

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1831 «Indian Fairy Tales, Gangazara, part 15: the goldsmith betrays Gangazara, and the animal kings try to save him from the dungeon» 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/1831-pg7128-part15/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1831-pg7128-part15:e1:1
# text = Which action did the prince take immediately upon receiving the crown from the goldsmith?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	receiving	receive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	goldsmith	goldsmith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past · do-support | which action |  |  |  |  | immediately *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **receive** | gerund | which action *not said here* | the crown |  |  |  | from the goldsmith | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent crown=Theme from goldsmith=Source |

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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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He hanged the goldsmith in the square

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1831-pg7128-part15:e1:o1:1
# text = He hanged the goldsmith in the square
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hanged	hange	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	goldsmith	goldsmith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hange** | past | He | the goldsmith |  | the square |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He ordered his guards to release Gangazara from the dungeon and bring him to the throne room

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1831-pg7128-part15:e1:o2:1
# text = He ordered his guards to release Gangazara from the dungeon and bring him to the throne room
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	release	release	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	Gangazara	Gangazara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past | He | his guards |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent guard=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **release** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | his guards *not said here* | Gangazara |  | the dungeon |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer gangazara=Source |
| 3 | **bring** | infinitive | his guards *not said here* | Gangazara |  | the throne room |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to room=Destination |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He conferred half the kingdom upon Manikkasari

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1831-pg7128-part15:e1:o3:1
# text = He conferred half the kingdom upon Manikkasari
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	conferred	confer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Manikkasari	Manikkasari	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confer** | past | He | half kingdom |  |  |  | upon Manikkasari | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He immediately conferred half the kingdom upon Manikkasari and his entire family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1831-pg7128-part15:e1:o4:1
# text = He immediately conferred half the kingdom upon Manikkasari and his entire family
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	conferred	confer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Manikkasari	Manikkasari	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confer** | past | He | half kingdom |  |  |  | upon Manikkasari and his entire family; immediately *property* | tree rules |

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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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