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description: Upon what grounds did the third head pronounce its sentence upon the young woman? Exam question 2 of lesson 1976 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well: a rude girl is cursed by the heads and wed to a cobbler» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well: a rude g…

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Upon what grounds did the third head pronounce its sentence upon the young woman?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** third head, head · **What happens:** ground, pronounce, sentence · **To what, where:** sentence

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1976 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well: a rude girl is cursed by the heads and wed to a cobbler» 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/1976-pg7439-part35/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1976-pg7439-part35:e2:1
# text = Upon what grounds did the third head pronounce its sentence upon the young woman?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
3	grounds	ground	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	pronounce	pronounce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ground** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pronounce** | past · do-support | the third head | head's sentence |  |  |  | upon the young woman | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Theme |
| 3 | **sentence** |  | head |  |  |  |  |  | nom sentence «communication 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 {#o1}

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the rudeness she showed at the well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1976-pg7439-part35:e2:o1:1
# text = the rudeness she showed at the well
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rudeness	rudeness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | the rudeness |  |  | the well |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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the insolence of her treatment at the well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1976-pg7439-part35:e2:o2:1
# text = the insolence of her treatment at the well
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	insolence	insolence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom treatment «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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the insolence of her cruel treatment of the first head and the well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1976-pg7439-part35:e2:o3:1
# text = the insolence of her cruel treatment of the first head and the well
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	insolence	insolence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** |  | her *= she* | the first head |  |  |  |  | nom treatment «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the rude manner in which she refused the old man's request for water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1976-pg7439-part35:e2:o4:1
# text = the rude manner in which she refused the old man's request for water
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | the rude manner | the old man's request |  |  |  | for water | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Theme |
| 2 | **request** |  | the old man |  |  |  |  |  | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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