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title: What was the precise period of postponement the king granted before… — Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Drago… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the precise period of postponement the king granted before the marriage was solemnised? Exam question 2 of lesson 1941 «Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Dragon: the shepherd's dog slays the dragon, the false coachman takes the reward, and the shepherd returns to win the princess back» of th
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# Exam question 2 · Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Dragon: the shepherd's do…

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What was the precise period of postponement the king granted before the marriage was solemnised?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, grant, solemnis · **To what, where:** precise period, king

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1941 «Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Dragon: the shepherd's dog slays the dragon, the false coachman takes the reward, and the shepherd returns to win the princess back» 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/1941-pg7277-part78/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1941-pg7277-part78:e2:1
# text = What was the precise period of postponement the king granted before the marriage was solemnised?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	precise	precise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	postponement	postponement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
10	granted	grant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	before	before	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	solemnised	solemnis	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the precise period |  |  |  | of postponement | tree rules |
| 2 | **grant** | participle |  | the king *not said here* |  |  | before the marriage |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **solemnis** | past · passive |  | the king |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
one year, renewed twice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1941-pg7277-part78:e2:o1:1
# text = one year, renewed twice
1	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	renewed	renew	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **renew** | participle |  |  |  |  | year | twice *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
one year, renewed twice and then again after the dragon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1941-pg7277-part78:e2:o2:1
# text = one year, renewed twice and then again after the dragon
1	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	renewed	renew	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	conj	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **renew** | participle |  |  |  |  | after the dragon; year | twice *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
one year, renewed twice, until the dragon was truly gone and the palace agreed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1941-pg7277-part78:e2:o3:1
# text = one year, renewed twice, until the dragon was truly gone and the palace agreed
1	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	renewed	renew	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
16	agreed	agree	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **renew** | participle |  |  |  |  | year | twice *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | past | the dragon |  |  |  |  | gone, truly *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **agree** *speech: agree* | participle |  | the palace *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
two years, renewed once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1941-pg7277-part78:e2:o4:1
# text = two years, renewed once
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	renewed	renew	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **renew** | participle | two years |  |  |  |  | once *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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