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title: In the Japanese tale, what final condition does the man attain once… — Orange Fairy Book, The Gold-Bearded Ma… · tree and pragmatics
description: In the Japanese tale, what final condition does the man attain once he ceases to desire greater power? Exam question 1 of lesson 693 «Orange Fairy Book, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 1: a wicked stepfather, a milk-brook, and a golden cage» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 1 · Orange Fairy Book, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 1: a wicked…

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In the Japanese tale, what final condition does the man attain once he ceases to desire greater power?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** man · **What happens:** attain, cease, desire · **To what, where:** Japanese tale, greater power

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 693 «Orange Fairy Book, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 1: a wicked stepfather, a milk-brook, and a golden cage» 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/693-pg2435-part33/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:693-pg2435-part33:e1:1
# text = In the Japanese tale, what final condition does the man attain once he ceases to desire greater power?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Japanese	Japanese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
7	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	attain	attain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	ceases	cease	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	desire	desire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	19	amod	_	_
19	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attain** | present · do-support | the man |  |  | the Japanese tale |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cease** | present | man |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **desire** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | greater power |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot power=Theme |

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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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a return to the sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:693-pg2435-part33:e1:o1:1
# text = a return to the sun
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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wealth and fame

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:693-pg2435-part33:e1:o2:1
# text = wealth and fame
1	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	fame	fame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a desire for rule over the sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:693-pg2435-part33:e1:o3:1
# text = a desire for rule over the sky
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	desire	desire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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contentment with his lowly station

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:693-pg2435-part33:e1:o4:1
# text = contentment with his lowly station
1	contentment	contentment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	lowly	lowly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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