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title: Pursuant to the Jogis' prophecy, for how many years was the infant R… — Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Pursuant to the Jogis' prophecy, for how many years was the infant Rasalu required to remain concealed from the light of day? Exam question 1 of lesson 1840 «Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu, part 1: the prince breaks the pitchers at the well» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu, part 1: the prince breaks…

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Pursuant to the Jogis' prophecy, for how many years was the infant Rasalu required to remain concealed from the light of day?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prophecy · **What happens:** be, remain, conceal, light · **To what, where:** light, day

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1840 «Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu, part 1: the prince breaks the pitchers at the well» 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/1840-pg7128-part24/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1840-pg7128-part24:e1:1
# text = Pursuant to the Jogis' prophecy, for how many years was the infant Rasalu required to remain concealed from the light of day?
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Jogis	Jogis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
10	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	infant	infant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	Rasalu	Rasalu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	required	require	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
19	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	xcomp	_	_
20	from	from	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Jogis's prophecy |  |  |  |  | require *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **remain** | to-infinitive | the Jogis's prophecy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **conceal** | participle | the Jogis's prophecy *not said here* |  |  | the light of day |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from light=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **light** |  |  | day |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=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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eleven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1840-pg7128-part24:e1:o1:1
# text = eleven
1	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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six

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1840-pg7128-part24:e1:o2:1
# text = six
1	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1840-pg7128-part24:e1:o3:1
# text = two
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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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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twelve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1840-pg7128-part24:e1:o4:1
# text = twelve
1	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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