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title: What condition did the Magician set for Prince Milan's continued sur… — Czech and Slovak Tales, Kojata and Mil… · tree and pragmatics
description: What condition did the Magician set for Prince Milan's continued survival? Exam question 3 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 tree a
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# Exam question 3 · Czech and Slovak Tales, Kojata and Milan, part 45: Milan m…

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What condition did the Magician set for Prince Milan's continued survival?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition, Prince Milan · **What happens:** do, continue, survive · **To what, where:** Magician set

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1908-pg7277-part45:e3:1
# text = What condition did the Magician set for Prince Milan's continued survival?
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	Magician	Magician	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Milan	Milan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	continued	continue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	survival	survival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	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 Magician set |  |  |  | for Prince Milan's continued survival | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent set=Eventuality |
| 2 | **continue** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **survive** |  | Prince Milan |  |  |  |  |  | nom survival «state transitive»: poss=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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Finishing a golden tower and a silver bridge by dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1908-pg7277-part45:e3:o1:1
# text = Finishing a golden tower and a silver bridge by dawn
1	Finishing	finish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **finish** | gerund |  | a golden tower and a silver bridge |  |  | dawn |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality tower=Eventuality |

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

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Completion of a palace, garden and waterfalls by morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1908-pg7277-part45:e3:o2:1
# text = Completion of a palace, garden and waterfalls by morning
1	Completion	completion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	waterfalls	waterfall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **complete** |  | morning | a palace |  |  |  |  | nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Completion of a golden palace, garden and waterfalls by the next morning without rest

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1908-pg7277-part45:e3:o3:1
# text = Completion of a golden palace, garden and waterfalls by the next morning without rest
1	Completion	completion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	waterfalls	waterfall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
14	without	without	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **complete** |  | the next morning | a golden palace and garden and waterfalls |  |  |  | without rest | nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent without=obl |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Completion of a palace, garden, waterfalls and a great stone wall by morning

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1908-pg7277-part45:e3:o4:1
# text = Completion of a palace, garden, waterfalls and a great stone wall by morning
1	Completion	completion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	waterfalls	waterfall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **complete** |  | morning | a palace and garden |  |  |  |  | nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent |

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