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title: State the precise consequence for the princess once the burn upon he… — Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the… · tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son: a cle…

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State the precise consequence for the princess once the burn upon her back had been formally verified by the palace servants.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** palace servants · **What happens:** verify · **To what, where:** burn

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1854 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son: a clever trick, a cruel princess punished, and a happy ending» 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/1854-pg7128-part38/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1854-pg7128-part38:e2:1
# text = State the precise consequence for the princess once the burn upon her back had been formally verified by the palace servants.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	precise	precise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	burn	burn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
15	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	17	aux:pass	_	_
16	formally	formally	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	verified	verify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **verify** | past · perfect · passive | the palace servants | the burn upon princess's back |  |  |  | formally *property* | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Topic |

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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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Once the burn was verified, the palace servants bound her and delivered her to the fakir, who then punished her severely as he had directed earlier

<!-- fold The tree, 26 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1854-pg7128-part38:e2:o1:1
# text = Once the burn was verified, the palace servants bound her and delivered her to the fakir, who then punished her severely as he had directed earlier
1	Once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	burn	burn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	verified	verify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	servants	servant	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	bound	bound	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	delivered	deliver	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
14	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	fakir	fakir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
20	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	21	advmod	_	_
21	punished	punish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	_
22	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
23	severely	severely	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
24	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
25	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
26	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
27	directed	direct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	21	advcl	_	_
28	earlier	early	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	27	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **verify** | past · passive |  | the burn |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **servant** | present | the palace |  |  |  |  | bound her *= she* | tree rules |
| 3 | **deliver** | past | the palace *not said here* | palace | the fakir |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to fakir=Destination |
| 4 | **punish** | past | the fakir | palace |  |  | then |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 5 | **direct** | past · perfect | fakir |  |  |  |  | early, severely *property* | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was delivered to the fakir for punishment as he directed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1854-pg7128-part38:e2:o2:1
# text = She was delivered to the fakir for punishment as he directed
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	delivered	deliver	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fakir	fakir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	directed	direct	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deliver** | past · passive |  | She | the fakir for punishment |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to fakir=Destination |
| 2 | **direct** | past | fakir |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She was handed to the fakir for punishment and then locked in a cage in the palace for a full year afterwards

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1854-pg7128-part38:e2:o3:1
# text = She was handed to the fakir for punishment and then locked in a cage in the palace for a full year afterwards
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	handed	hand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fakir	fakir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
22	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand** | past · passive |  | She | the fakir for punishment |  |  | afterwards *property* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to fakir=Destination |
| 2 | **lock** | participle |  |  |  | a cage | then | in the palace for a full year | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was handed over to the fakir to be punished as he ordered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1854-pg7128-part38:e2:o4:1
# text = She was handed over to the fakir to be punished as he ordered
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	handed	hand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fakir	fakir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	punished	punish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand over** | past · passive |  | She | the fakir |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to fakir=Destination |
| 2 | **punish** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP» |
| 3 | **order** | past | fakir |  |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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