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title: Which option best explains the king's eventual decision to release G… — English Fairy Tales, Gobborn Seer: Jac… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which option best explains the king's eventual decision to release Gobborn Seer and Jack from the palace grounds? Exam question 4 of lesson 244 «English Fairy Tales, Gobborn Seer: Jack's clever wife sends him back to tell a tale, and the king's son is trapped in a chest» of the books course of Mova'
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# Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, Gobborn Seer: Jack's clever wife send…

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Which option best explains the king's eventual decision to release Gobborn Seer and Jack from the palace grounds?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** option, king · **What happens:** explain, release, decide · **To what, where:** eventual decision, Gobborn Seer, palace grounds

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 244 «English Fairy Tales, Gobborn Seer: Jack's clever wife sends him back to tell a tale, and the king's son is trapped in a chest» 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/244-pg14241-part11/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:244-pg14241-part11:e4:1
# text = Which option best explains the king's eventual decision to release Gobborn Seer and Jack from the palace grounds?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	option	option	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	explains	explain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	eventual	eventual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	release	release	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
12	Gobborn	Gobborn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Seer	seer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	grounds	grounds	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present | which option | the king's eventual decision |  |  |  | well *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decision=Topic |
| 2 | **release** | to-infinitive | which option *not said here* | Gobborn Seer and Jack |  | the palace grounds |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer seer=Source |
| 3 | **decide** |  | the king |  |  |  |  |  | nom decision «act 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He was overcome with remorse for his intended treachery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:244-pg14241-part11:e4:o1:1
# text = He was overcome with remorse for his intended treachery
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	overcome	overcome	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	remorse	remorse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	treachery	treachery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overcome** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  | with remorse; for his intended treachery | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **intend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He received an unexpected gift of great value

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:244-pg14241-part11:e4:o2:1
# text = He received an unexpected gift of great value
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	received	receive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	unexpected	unexpected	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | past | He | a unexpected gift of great value |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme |
| 2 | **gift** |  |  | great value |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He was persuaded by the entreaties of the housekeeper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:244-pg14241-part11:e4:o3:1
# text = He was persuaded by the entreaties of the housekeeper
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	persuaded	persuade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	entreaties	entreaty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	housekeeper	housekeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **persuade** | past · passive | the entreaties of the housekeeper | He |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He saw his son's letter and accepted the completed building

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:244-pg14241-part11:e4:o4:1
# text = He saw his son's letter and accepted the completed building
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	accepted	accept	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	completed	complete	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | He | his son's letter |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer letter=Stimulus |
| 2 | **accept** | past | He *not said here* | the completed building |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent building=Theme |
| 3 | **complete** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **letter** |  | his son |  |  |  |  |  | nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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