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title: Upon what ground did the master dismiss Edmund's account? — pg23661, Edmund and the Dragon, the to… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what ground did the master dismiss Edmund's account? Exam question 2 of lesson 660 «pg23661, Edmund and the Dragon, the town on the hillside: Edmund tricks the dragon and saves her drakling» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 2 · pg23661, Edmund and the Dragon, the town on the hillside:…

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Upon what ground did the master dismiss Edmund's account?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** master, Edmund · **What happens:** dismiss, account · **To what, where:** account

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 660 «pg23661, Edmund and the Dragon, the town on the hillside: Edmund tricks the dragon and saves her drakling» 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/660-pg23661-part28/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:660-pg23661-part28:e2:1
# text = Upon what ground did the master dismiss Edmund's account?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obl	_	_
3	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	dismiss	dismiss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	Edmund	Edmund	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dismiss** | past · do-support | the master | Edmund's account |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme |
| 2 | **account** |  | Edmund |  |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication 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 {#o1}

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Because the class had no proof of anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:660-pg23661-part28:e2:o1:1
# text = Because the class had no proof of anything
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the class | no proof of anything |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proof=Patient |
| 2 | **proof** |  |  | anything |  |  |  |  | nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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On the ground that the storm and earthquake had caused Edmund to imagine the whole thing

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:660-pg23661-part28:e2:o2:1
# text = On the ground that the storm and earthquake had caused Edmund to imagine the whole thing
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
11	Edmund	Edmund	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	imagine	imagine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past · perfect | the storm and earthquake | Edmund |  | the ground |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **imagine** | to-infinitive | Edmund *not said here* | the whole thing |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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On the ground of a thunderstorm and earthquake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:660-pg23661-part28:e2:o3:1
# text = On the ground of a thunderstorm and earthquake
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	thunderstorm	thunderstorm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because the teacher had seen the map before

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:660-pg23661-part28:e2:o4:1
# text = Because the teacher had seen the map before
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	before	before	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past · perfect | the teacher | the map |  |  |  | before *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer map=Stimulus |

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