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title: What condition did the owl set before revealing the means of deliver… — Caravan Tales, The Caliph Stork, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What condition did the owl set before revealing the means of deliverance to the storks? Exam question 1 of lesson 1873 «Caravan Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 10: the owl's story, the magic word, and the Caliph's new life» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Exam question 1 · Caravan Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 10: the owl's story,…

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What condition did the owl set before revealing the means of deliverance to the storks?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** condition, the · **What happens:** do, reveal, mean · **To what, where:** owl set

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1873 «Caravan Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 10: the owl's story, the magic word, and the Caliph's new life» 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/1873-pg7277-part10/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1873-pg7277-part10:e1:1
# text = What condition did the owl set before revealing the means of deliverance to the storks?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	revealing	reveal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	nsubj	_	_
10	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	deliverance	deliverance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	storks	stork	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | what condition | the owl set |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent set=Eventuality |
| 2 | **reveal** | gerund | what condition *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **mean** | present | the |  |  |  |  | of deliverance to the storks | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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That one of the storks should offer her his hand in marriage and take her home to Bagdad

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1873-pg7277-part10:e1:o1:1
# text = That one of the storks should offer her his hand in marriage and take her home to Bagdad
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	storks	stork	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	offer	offer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Bagdad	Bagdad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | should | that one of the storks | his hand | her *= she* | marriage |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent she=Goal hand=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | infinitive | that one of the storks *not said here* | her home | Bagdad |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent home=Theme to bagdad=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That she gets a stork's hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1873-pg7277-part10:e1:o2:1
# text = That she gets a stork's hand
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stork	stork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | That | a stork's hand |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hand=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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That one of the storks should offer her his hand in marriage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1873-pg7277-part10:e1:o3:1
# text = That one of the storks should offer her his hand in marriage
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	storks	stork	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	offer	offer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | should | that one of the storks | his hand | her *= she* | marriage |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent she=Goal hand=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That one of the storks should offer her his hand in marriage at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1873-pg7277-part10:e1:o4:1
# text = That one of the storks should offer her his hand in marriage at once
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	storks	stork	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	offer	offer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | should | that one of the storks | his hand | her *= she* | marriage |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent she=Goal hand=Theme |

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