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description: Which action did the king undertake after receiving the accusation from the tiger king? Exam question 2 of lesson 1832 «Ocean of Story, Gangazara and Harisarman, part 16: Gangazara is revived, the king repents, and Harisarman gets a magic name» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Exam question 2 · Ocean of Story, Gangazara and Harisarman, part 16: Gangaza…

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Which action did the king undertake after receiving the accusation from the tiger king?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action · **What happens:** undertake, receive · **To what, where:** accusation

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1832 «Ocean of Story, Gangazara and Harisarman, part 16: Gangazara is revived, the king repents, and Harisarman gets a magic name» 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/1832-pg7128-part16/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1832-pg7128-part16:e2:1
# text = Which action did the king undertake after receiving the accusation from the tiger king?
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	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	undertake	undertake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	receiving	receive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	accusation	accusation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	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 | **undertake** | past · do-support | which action |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **receive** | gerund | which action *not said here* | the accusation |  |  |  | from the tiger king | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent accusation=Theme from king=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He cursed the goldsmith and wept

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1832-pg7128-part16:e2:o1:1
# text = He cursed the goldsmith and wept
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cursed	curse	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	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | past | He | the goldsmith |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goldsmith=Theme |
| 2 | **weep** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He cursed himself, wept, repented and begged pardons from the tigers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1832-pg7128-part16:e2:o2:1
# text = He cursed himself, wept, repented and begged pardons from the tigers
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cursed	curse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	repented	repent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	begged	beg	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
10	pardons	pardon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	tigers	tiger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | past | He | himself *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme |
| 2 | **weep** | past | He *not said here* | repented pardons |  |  |  | from the tigers | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent pardon=Theme |
| 3 | **repent** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **beg** *speech: request* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He repented, promised to rule justly and gave gifts to every temple in the kingdom

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1832-pg7128-part16:e2:o3:1
# text = He repented, promised to rule justly and gave gifts to every temple in the kingdom
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	repented	repent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	rule	rule	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	justly	justly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repent** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **rule** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | justly *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **give** | past | He *not said here* | gifts | every temple | the kingdom |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent gift=Theme to temple=Recipient |

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

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He repented and promised to rule justly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1832-pg7128-part16:e2:o4:1
# text = He repented and promised to rule justly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	repented	repent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	rule	rule	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	justly	justly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repent** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **rule** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | justly *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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