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title: Which condition did the King of Dublin set for the hand of his daugh… — Legendary Fictions, Tom with the Goat-… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which condition did the King of Dublin set for the hand of his daughter? Exam question 1 of lesson 2021 «Legendary Fictions, Tom with the Goat-skin, part 40: Tom makes the princess laugh twice and sends off the wolf» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 1 · Legendary Fictions, Tom with the Goat-skin, part 40: Tom m…

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Which condition did the King of Dublin set for the hand of his daughter?

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

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 2021 «Legendary Fictions, Tom with the Goat-skin, part 40: Tom makes the princess laugh twice and sends off the wolf» 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/2021-pg7885-part40/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2021-pg7885-part40:e1:1
# text = Which condition did the King of Dublin set for the hand of his daughter?
1	Which	which	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	5	det	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Dublin	Dublin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which condition | the King of Dublin's set |  |  |  | for the hand of condition's daughter | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent set=Eventuality |

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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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Making her laugh three times before the whole court of Dublin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2021-pg7885-part40:e1:o1:1
# text = Making her laugh three times before the whole court of Dublin
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Dublin	Dublin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product |
| 2 | **laugh** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | before the whole court of Dublin; time |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Making her laugh three times

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2021-pg7885-part40:e1:o2:1
# text = Making her laugh three times
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product |
| 2 | **laugh** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Winning a joust at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2021-pg7885-part40:e1:o3:1
# text = Winning a joust at dawn
1	Winning	win	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	joust	joust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	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 | **win** | gerund |  | a joust |  |  | dawn |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joust=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Making her weep three times

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2021-pg7885-part40:e1:o4:1
# text = Making her weep three times
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	weep	weep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  | her weep |  |  | time |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset weep=Product |

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