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title: For what reason did the city ultimately revolt against the young Emir? — Fairy Gifts, Sylvia and the Flower Fai… · tree and pragmatics
description: For what reason did the city ultimately revolt against the young Emir? Exam question 2 of lesson 1878 «Fairy Gifts, Sylvia and the Flower Fairy, part 15: Sylvia visits three princesses and reports on each» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Gifts, Sylvia and the Flower Fairy, part 15: Sylvia…

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For what reason did the city ultimately revolt against the young Emir?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** reason · **What happens:** do, revolt · **To what, where:** city

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1878 «Fairy Gifts, Sylvia and the Flower Fairy, part 15: Sylvia visits three princesses and reports on each» 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/1878-pg7277-part15/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1878-pg7277-part15:e2:1
# text = For what reason did the city ultimately revolt against the young Emir?
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	revolt	revolt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	against	against	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	Emir	Emir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | reason | the city |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Eventuality |
| 2 | **revolt** | present | reason *not said here* |  |  |  |  | against the young Emir; ultimately *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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because he raised the taxes too high

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1878-pg7277-part15:e2:o1:1
# text = because he raised the taxes too high
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	raised	raise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	taxes	tax	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | past | he | the taxes |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tax=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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because of his cruelty to the poor and his pride

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1878-pg7277-part15:e2:o2:1
# text = because of his cruelty to the poor and his pride
1	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	4	case	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	cruelty	cruelty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pride** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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because of his misgovernment and his neglect of the Fowler

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1878-pg7277-part15:e2:o3:1
# text = because of his misgovernment and his neglect of the Fowler
1	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	4	case	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	misgovernment	misgovernment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	neglect	neglect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Fowler	fowler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **misgovern** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom misgovernment «act transitive»: poss=agent |
| 2 | **neglect** |  | his *= he* | the Fowler |  |  |  |  | nom neglect «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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because of taxes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1878-pg7277-part15:e2:o4:1
# text = because of taxes
1	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	3	case	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	taxes	tax	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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