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title: Which object did the King undertake to surrender in exchange for his… — Czech and Slovak Tales, Kojata and Mil… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the King undertake to surrender in exchange for his release? Exam question 1 of lesson 1908 «Czech and Slovak Tales, Kojata and Milan, part 45: Milan meets a magician's daughter and is set three tasks underground» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 1 · Czech and Slovak Tales, Kojata and Milan, part 45: Milan m…

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Which object did the King undertake to surrender in exchange for his release?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** undertake, surrender · **To what, where:** exchange

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1908 «Czech and Slovak Tales, Kojata and Milan, part 45: Milan meets a magician's daughter and is set three tasks underground» 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/1908-pg7277-part45/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1908-pg7277-part45:e1:1
# text = Which object did the King undertake to surrender in exchange for his release?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	undertake	undertake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	surrender	surrender	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	release	release	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | past · do-support | which object |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **surrender** | to-infinitive | which object *not said here* |  |  | exchange for King's release |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Gold coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1908-pg7277-part45:e1:o1:1
# text = Gold coins
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A kingdom whose borders he had never seen before

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1908-pg7277-part45:e1:o2:1
# text = A kingdom whose borders he had never seen before
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	borders	border	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	before	before	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | past · perfect · passive |  | a kingdom |  |  |  | before *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A treasure that his father had hidden in the hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1908-pg7277-part45:e1:o3:1
# text = A treasure that his father had hidden in the hills
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · perfect | his father |  |  | the hills |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hill=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Something of which he had no prior knowledge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1908-pg7277-part45:e1:o4:1
# text = Something of which he had no prior knowledge
1	Something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	obl	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
7	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | he | no prior knowledge |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knowledge=Patient |

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