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title: Identify the principal motive that compels Labakan to revisit the wo… — Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sh… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal motive that compels Labakan to revisit the workshop and attempt the royal garment in the evening. Exam question 2 of lesson 716 «Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: Labakan steals a robe, sets off as a prince, and robs his friend» of the books course of Mo
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# Exam question 2 · Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: L…

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Identify the principal motive that compels Labakan to revisit the workshop and attempt the royal garment in the evening.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, principal motive · **What happens:** identify, compel, revisit, attempt · **To what, where:** principal motive, Labakan, workshop, royal garment

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 716 «Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: Labakan steals a robe, sets off as a prince, and robs his friend» 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/716-pg2435-part56/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal motive that compels Labakan to revisit the workshop and attempt the royal garment in the evening.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	motive	motive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	compels	compel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	Labakan	Labakan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	revisit	revisit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	workshop	workshop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	attempt	attempt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	garment	garment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal motive |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent motive=Theme |
| 2 | **compel** | present | the principal motive | Labakan |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent labakan=Patient clause=Result |
| 3 | **revisit** | to-infinitive | the principal motive *not said here* | the workshop |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **attempt** | infinitive | the principal motive *not said here* | the royal garment |  |  | evening |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=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 {#o1}

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A strong need to prove he was better than his employer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:e2:o1:1
# text = A strong need to prove he was better than his employer
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	employer	employer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | to-infinitive | a strong need *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | a strong need |  |  |  |  | than his employer; good *property* | tree rules |

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

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An overpowering longing to possess the status symbolised by the robe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:e2:o2:1
# text = An overpowering longing to possess the status symbolised by the robe
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	overpowering	overpower	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	longing	longing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	possess	possess	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	status	status	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	symbolised	symbolis	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overpower** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **possess** | to-infinitive |  | the status |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot status=Theme |
| 3 | **symbolis** | participle |  | the status *not said here* |  |  |  | by the robe | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A wish to be taken seriously by the wealthy men of the city

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:e2:o3:1
# text = A wish to be taken seriously by the wealthy men of the city
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	seriously	seriously	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | to-infinitive · passive | the wealthy men of the city | a wish |  |  |  | seriously *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fear of his workmates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:716-pg2435-part56:e2:o4:1
# text = Fear of his workmates
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	workmates	workmate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** |  |  | his workmates |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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