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description: Which of the following correctly identifies the condition of the eagle and the bald king? Exam question 4 of lesson 690 «Violet Fairy Book, The Cat and the Rats (end) and The Prince Who Would Seek Immortality, part 1: a cat clears the rats from the palace, and a gloomy prince sets out to find a land
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# Exam question 4 · Violet Fairy Book, The Cat and the Rats (end) and The Prin…

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Which of the following correctly identifies the condition of the eagle and the bald king?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, identify, condition · **To what, where:** condition, eagle

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 690 «Violet Fairy Book, The Cat and the Rats (end) and The Prince Who Would Seek Immortality, part 1: a cat clears the rats from the palace, and a gloomy prince sets out to find a land where no one dies» 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/690-pg2435-part30/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:690-pg2435-part30:e4:1
# text = Which of the following correctly identifies the condition of the eagle and the bald king?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	bald	bald	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **identify** | present |  | the condition of the eagle and the bald king |  |  |  | correctly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme |
| 3 | **condition** |  |  | the eagle and the bald king |  |  |  |  | nom condition «state 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 {#o1}

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Neither can die until the mountain is levelled and the great tree is finally uprooted by a stranger

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:690-pg2435-part30:e4:o1:1
# text = Neither can die until the mountain is levelled and the great tree is finally uprooted by a stranger
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	die	die	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	levelled	levell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
14	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	uprooted	uproot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | can |  |  |  |  |  | neither *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **levell** | present · passive |  | the mountain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **uproot** | present · passive | a stranger | the great tree |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Neither may leave the land until the king gives leave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:690-pg2435-part30:e4:o2:1
# text = Neither may leave the land until the king gives leave
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	leave	leave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | may | Neither | the land |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | present | the king | leave |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Both are cursed to live forever unless the prince kills the eagle and the bald king

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:690-pg2435-part30:e4:o3:1
# text = Both are cursed to live forever unless the prince kills the eagle and the bald king
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	kills	kill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	bald	bald	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | present · passive |  | Both |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **kill** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the prince | the eagle and the bald king |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eagle=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Neither may die until a labour upon a great object is completed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:690-pg2435-part30:e4:o4:1
# text = Neither may die until a labour upon a great object is completed
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	labour	labour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	completed	complete	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | may | Neither |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **complete** | present · passive |  | a labour upon a great object |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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