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title: Upon what occasion did the groom convey the matter to the four Queens? — Old Deccan Days, The Boy with the Moon… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what occasion did the groom convey the matter to the four Queens? Exam question 1 of lesson 1845 «Old Deccan Days, The Boy with the Moon on his Forehead, part 29: Katar hides the prince, then the prince becomes a poor servant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr
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# Exam question 1 · Old Deccan Days, The Boy with the Moon on his Forehead, pa…

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Upon what occasion did the groom convey the matter to the four Queens?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** groom · **What happens:** convey · **To what, where:** matter, four Queens

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1845 «Old Deccan Days, The Boy with the Moon on his Forehead, part 29: Katar hides the prince, then the prince becomes a poor servant» 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/1845-pg7128-part29/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1845-pg7128-part29:e1:1
# text = Upon what occasion did the groom convey the matter to the four Queens?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obl	_	_
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	groom	groom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	convey	convey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	Queens	queen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convey** | past · do-support | the groom | the matter | the four Queens |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent matter=Topic to queen=Recipient |

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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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When the King left for hunting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1845-pg7128-part29:e1:o1:1
# text = When the King left for hunting
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | the King |  |  |  |  | for hunting | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for hunting=Recipient |

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

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Upon the King's departure for his hunting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1845-pg7128-part29:e1:o2:1
# text = Upon the King's departure for his hunting
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depart** |  | the King |  |  |  |  | for King's hunting | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl |
| 2 | **hunt** |  | King |  |  |  |  |  | nom hunting «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Upon the King's departure for his hunting in the forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1845-pg7128-part29:e1:o3:1
# text = Upon the King's departure for his hunting in the forest
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depart** |  | the King |  |  |  |  | for King's hunting in the forest | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl |
| 2 | **hunt** |  | King |  |  | the forest |  |  | nom hunting «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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During the King's hunting trip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1845-pg7128-part29:e1:o4:1
# text = During the King's hunting trip
1	During	during	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trip** |  | the King |  |  |  |  |  | nom trip «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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