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title: Subsequent to the court-house disclosure, what public consequence be… — Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and Kat… · tree and pragmatics
description: Subsequent to the court-house disclosure, what public consequence befell the six princes? Exam question 2 of lesson 1847 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and Katar, part 31: the prince proves he is the husband, then reveals he is the King's son» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and Katar, part 31: the pri…

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Subsequent to the court-house disclosure, what public consequence befell the six princes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** public consequence · **What happens:** befall · **To what, where:** house disclosure

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1847 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and Katar, part 31: the prince proves he is the husband, then reveals he is the King's son» 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/1847-pg7128-part31/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1847-pg7128-part31:e2:1
# text = Subsequent to the court-house disclosure, what public consequence befell the six princes?
1	Subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	obj	_	_
10	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	befell	befall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **befall** | past | public consequence | the house disclosure |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Public shame when their coats were removed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1847-pg7128-part31:e2:o1:1
# text = Public shame when their coats were removed
1	Public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	coats	coat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | past · passive |  | their coats |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They were exiled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1847-pg7128-part31:e2:o2:1
# text = They were exiled
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	exiled	exile	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exile** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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They lost their titles and all their land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1847-pg7128-part31:e2:o3:1
# text = They lost their titles and all their land
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	titles	title	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | They | their titles |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **title** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom title «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They were fined heavy gold coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1847-pg7128-part31:e2:o4:1
# text = They were fined heavy gold coins
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	fined	fine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fine** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP NP.asset»: subject=Recipient coin=Asset |

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