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title: What favours did the eldest Simon request on behalf of his brothers? — Fairy Book, The Seven Simons: Helena i… · tree and pragmatics
description: What favours did the eldest Simon request on behalf of his brothers? Exam question 3 of lesson 669 «Fairy Book, The Seven Simons: Helena is won back and the Simons are rewarded» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, The Seven Simons: Helena is won back and the S…

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What favours did the eldest Simon request on behalf of his brothers?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** favour, do · **To what, where:** eldest Simon request, behalf

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 669 «Fairy Book, The Seven Simons: Helena is won back and the Simons are rewarded» 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/669-pg2435-part9/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:669-pg2435-part9:e3:1
# text = What favours did the eldest Simon request on behalf of his brothers?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	favours	favour	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
6	Simon	Simon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	behalf	behalf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	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	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **favour** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the eldest Simon request |  | behalf of his brothers |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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tax-free land and a pardon for the seventh Simon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:669-pg2435-part9:e3:o1:1
# text = tax-free land and a pardon for the seventh Simon
1	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pardon	pardon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	seventh	seventh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Simon	Simon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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tax-free land for all three brothers and a full pardon for the seventh Simon who was a thief by trade

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:669-pg2435-part9:e3:o2:1
# text = tax-free land for all three brothers and a full pardon for the seventh Simon who was a thief by trade
1	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	pardon	pardon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	seventh	seventh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	Simon	Simon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
17	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
21	by	by	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | a full pardon for the seventh Simon and a thief | a thief |  |  |  | by trade | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
gold coins for the brothers and a pardon for thieves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:669-pg2435-part9:e3:o3:1
# text = gold coins for the brothers and a pardon for thieves
1	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pardon	pardon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	thieves	thief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a castle and a royal title for all of them now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:669-pg2435-part9:e3:o4:1
# text = a castle and a royal title for all of them now
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	_
11	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
```

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

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