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title: What was the nature of the reward proffered by the monarch for the r… — Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Johnny… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the nature of the reward proffered by the monarch for the removal of the giants? Exam question 2 of lesson 246 «Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Johnny Gloke: a lazy tailor kills giants, wins a princess and becomes king» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 2 · Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Johnny Gloke: a lazy tailor…

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What was the nature of the reward proffered by the monarch for the removal of the giants?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nature · **What happens:** be, proffer, remove · **To what, where:** reward, giants

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 246 «Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Johnny Gloke: a lazy tailor kills giants, wins a princess and becomes king» 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/246-pg14241-part13/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:246-pg14241-part13:e2:1
# text = What was the nature of the reward proffered by the monarch for the removal of the giants?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	proffered	proffer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	giants	giant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the nature of the reward |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **proffer** | participle |  | the reward *not said here* |  |  |  | by the monarch; for the removal of the giants *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for removal=Goal |
| 3 | **remove** |  |  | the giants |  |  |  |  | nom removal «act 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A substantial fortune plus a title and his daughter's hand in marriage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:246-pg14241-part13:e2:o1:1
# text = A substantial fortune plus a title and his daughter's hand in marriage
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	substantial	substantial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fortune	fortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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A considerable sum with his daughter's hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:246-pg14241-part13:e2:o2:1
# text = A considerable sum with his daughter's hand
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	considerable	considerable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A large sum of gold and a noble title

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:246-pg14241-part13:e2:o3:1
# text = A large sum of gold and a noble title
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	noble	noble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sum** |  |  | gold |  |  |  |  | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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An enormous treasure, a castle, and the princess's hand in wedlock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:246-pg14241-part13:e2:o4:1
# text = An enormous treasure, a castle, and the princess's hand in wedlock
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	enormous	enormous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	wedlock	wedlock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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

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