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description: Which action does the wicked stepfather explicitly take against the young prince after his accession to the throne? Exam question 2 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
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# Exam question 2 · Orange Fairy Book, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 1: a wicked…

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Which action does the wicked stepfather explicitly take against the young prince after his accession to the throne?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action · **What happens:** do, take, accede · **To what, where:** wicked stepfather

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:693-pg2435-part33:e2:1
# text = Which action does the wicked stepfather explicitly take against the young prince after his accession to the throne?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	stepfather	stepfather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	explicitly	explicitly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	against	against	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	accession	accession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | which action | the wicked stepfather |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stepfather=Eventuality |
| 2 | **take** | present | which action *not said here* |  |  |  | after action's accession | against the young prince; to the throne *result*; explicitly *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to throne=Result |
| 3 | **accede** |  | action |  |  |  |  |  | nom accession «process intransitive»: 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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he gives him a full share of power

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:693-pg2435-part33:e2:o1:1
# text = he gives him a full share of power
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	share	share	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | he | a full share of power | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient share=Theme |
| 2 | **share** |  |  | power |  |  |  |  | nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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he sends him away to a distant foreign land with a small guard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:693-pg2435-part33:e2:o2:1
# text = he sends him away to a distant foreign land with a small guard
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sends	send	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send away** | present | he | him *= he* |  |  |  | to a distant foreign land with a small guard; away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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he neglects him, giving scanty food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:693-pg2435-part33:e2:o3:1
# text = he neglects him, giving scanty food
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	neglects	neglect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	scanty	scanty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **neglect** | present | he | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | gerund | he *not said here* | scanty food |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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he sends him to war now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:693-pg2435-part33:e2:o4:1
# text = he sends him to war now
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sends	send	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | present | he | him *= he* |  | war | now |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to war=Destination |

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