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description: What precaution did the servant urge upon the prince at the Gold Stream bridge? Exam question 4 of lesson 662 «Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and the Crows, part 2: the Goldtown bride and the three warnings on the bridge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 4 · Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and the Crows, part 2: the…

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What precaution did the servant urge upon the prince at the Gold Stream bridge?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** precaution · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** servant urge, Stream bridge

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 662 «Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and the Crows, part 2: the Goldtown bride and the three warnings on the bridge» 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/662-pg2435-part2/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:662-pg2435-part2:e4:1
# text = What precaution did the servant urge upon the prince at the Gold Stream bridge?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	precaution	precaution	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	6	det	_	_
5	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	urge	urge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	Gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	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 | what precaution | the servant urge |  | the Stream bridge |  | upon the prince | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent urge=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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He begged the prince to stop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:662-pg2435-part2:e4:o1:1
# text = He begged the prince to stop
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | He |  | the prince |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient |
| 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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

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He entreated the prince to abandon the carriage and proceed on foot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:662-pg2435-part2:e4:o2:1
# text = He entreated the prince to abandon the carriage and proceed on foot
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	entreated	entreat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	abandon	abandon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	carriage	carriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entreat** | past | He |  | the prince |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient |
| 2 | **abandon** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the carriage |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme carriage=Source |
| 3 | **proceed** | infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  | foot |  |  | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He warned the prince to slow the horses and check the timbers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:662-pg2435-part2:e4:o3:1
# text = He warned the prince to slow the horses and check the timbers
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	warned	warn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	slow	slow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	timbers	timber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | He |  | the prince |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **slow** | to-infinitive |  | the horses |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent horse=Patient |
| 3 | **check** | infinitive |  | the timbers |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent timber=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He advised the prince to cross slowly and keep the horses calm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:662-pg2435-part2:e4:o4:1
# text = He advised the prince to cross slowly and keep the horses calm
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	advised	advise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **advise** *speech: other* | past | He | the prince |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **cross** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **keep** | infinitive |  | the horses |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |

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