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title: What task did the giant set the prince before permitting the marriag… — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Son of the Kin… · tree and pragmatics
description: What task did the giant set the prince before permitting the marriage to his daughter? Exam question 3 of lesson 2018 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Son of the King of Tethertown, part 37: the giant sets the prince three hard tasks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Son of the King of Tethertown, par…

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What task did the giant set the prince before permitting the marriage to his daughter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** task, giant · **What happens:** do, set, permit · **To what, where:** prince, marriage

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 2018 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Son of the King of Tethertown, part 37: the giant sets the prince three hard tasks» 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/2018-pg7885-part37/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2018-pg7885-part37:e3:1
# text = What task did the giant set the prince before permitting the marriage to his daughter?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nsubj	_	_
6	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	permitting	permit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | task |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **set** | past | the giant | the prince |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient prince=Result |
| 3 | **permit** | gerund | the giant *not said here* | the marriage |  |  |  | to task's daughter | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent marriage=Theme |

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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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thatching the byre with birds' down by dusk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2018-pg7885-part37:e3:o1:1
# text = thatching the byre with birds' down by dusk
1	thatching	thatch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	byre	byre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thatch** | gerund |  | the byre |  |  |  | with birds | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent byre=Destination with bird=Theme |
| 2 | **' down** | participle |  | birds *not said here* |  |  | dusk |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cleansing the byre within a single day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2018-pg7885-part37:e3:o2:1
# text = cleansing the byre within a single day
1	cleansing	cleanse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	byre	byre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cleanse** | gerund |  | the byre |  |  | day |  | vn groom-41.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent byre=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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cleansing the byre within a single day, with the golden apple running end to end

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2018-pg7885-part37:e3:o3:1
# text = cleansing the byre within a single day, with the golden apple running end to end
1	cleansing	cleanse	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	byre	byre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
13	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cleanse** | gerund |  | the byre |  |  | day |  | vn groom-41.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent byre=Patient |
| 2 | **run** | gerund | the golden apple *not said here* | end |  |  | to end |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent end=Theme to end=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
feeding the hundred cattle before the dusk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2018-pg7885-part37:e3:o4:1
# text = feeding the hundred cattle before the dusk
1	feeding	feed	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | gerund |  |  | the hundred cattle |  | dusk |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cattle=Recipient |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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