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title: Upon which route did the king elect to return to his encampment, in… — Historical Tales, The King and His Haw… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon which route did the king elect to return to his encampment, in contrast to his companions? Exam question 2 of lesson 354 «Historical Tales, The King and His Hawk, part 14: a thirsty king is kept from drinking by his pet hawk» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 2 · Historical Tales, The King and His Hawk, part 14: a thirst…

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Upon which route did the king elect to return to his encampment, in contrast to his companions?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, return · **To what, where:** king elect, contrast

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 354 «Historical Tales, The King and His Hawk, part 14: a thirsty king is kept from drinking by his pet hawk» 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/354-pg18442-part14/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:354-pg18442-part14:e2:1
# text = Upon which route did the king elect to return to his encampment, in contrast to his companions?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	route	route	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	elect	elect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	encampment	encampment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	contrast	contrast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	companions	companion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the king elect |  | contrast to his companions |  | upon which route | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elect=Eventuality |
| 2 | **return** | to-infinitive |  | the king elect *not said here* |  |  |  | to his encampment *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to encampment=Result |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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a longer road through a valley

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:354-pg18442-part14:e2:o1:1
# text = a longer road through a valley
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
3	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a steep path over the hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:354-pg18442-part14:e2:o2:1
# text = a steep path over the hills
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 longer road through a deep valley with streams

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:354-pg18442-part14:e2:o3:1
# text = a longer road through a deep valley with streams
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
3	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	streams	stream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the longer road past the frozen mountain lakes and pines

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:354-pg18442-part14:e2:o4:1
# text = the longer road past the frozen mountain lakes and pines
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
3	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	past	past	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
7	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	lakes	lake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	pines	pine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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