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title: Upon what occasion did the father weep with recognition of his daugh… — English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what occasion did the father weep with recognition of his daughter? Exam question 4 of lesson 1950 «English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: the master's gruel reveals the girl in rushes, and her father learns how much she loved him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: the master's gruel rev…

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Upon what occasion did the father weep with recognition of his daughter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** occasion · **What happens:** do, recognize · **To what, where:** father weep, daughter

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1950 «English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: the master's gruel reveals the girl in rushes, and her father learns how much she loved him» 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/1950-pg7439-part9/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:e4:1
# text = Upon what occasion did the father weep with recognition of his daughter?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	weep	weep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	recognition	recognition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | occasion | the father weep |  |  |  | with recognition of occasion's daughter | tree rules |
| 2 | **recognize** |  |  | occasion's daughter |  |  |  |  | nom recognition «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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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after the cook confessed the whole trick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:e4:o1:1
# text = after the cook confessed the whole trick
1	after	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	confessed	confess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confess** | past |  | the whole trick |  |  | after the cook |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Topic |

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

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at the wedding feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:e4:o2:1
# text = at the wedding feast
1	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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when he saw the gruel and the ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:e4:o3:1
# text = when he saw the gruel and the ring
1	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	saw	see	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	gruel	gruel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | he | the gruel and the ring |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gruel=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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during the dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:e4:o4:1
# text = during the dinner
1	during	during	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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