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title: What penalty had the dwarf set for the queen's failure to name him w… — Household Tales, Gretel the Cook, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What penalty had the dwarf set for the queen's failure to name him within the period of grace? Exam question 2 of lesson 750 «Household Tales, Gretel the Cook, part 26: the queen learns the dwarf's name, and Gretel eats the fowls» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 2 · Household Tales, Gretel the Cook, part 26: the queen learn…

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What penalty had the dwarf set for the queen's failure to name him within the period of grace?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** penalty, queen · **What happens:** have, name, fail · **To what, where:** dwarf set, penalty

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 750 «Household Tales, Gretel the Cook, part 26: the queen learns the dwarf's name, and Gretel eats the fowls» 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/750-pg2591-part26/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:750-pg2591-part26:e2:1
# text = What penalty had the dwarf set for the queen's failure to name him within the period of grace?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	penalty	penalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	name	name	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	within	within	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	grace	grace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | what penalty | the dwarf set |  |  |  | for the queen's failure | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent set=Patient |
| 2 | **name** | to-infinitive | what penalty *not said here* | penalty |  |  |  | within the period of grace | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **fail** |  | the queen |  |  |  |  |  | nom failure «act 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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Loss of her kingdom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:750-pg2591-part26:e2:o1:1
# text = Loss of her kingdom
1	Loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Her crown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:750-pg2591-part26:e2:o2:1
# text = Her crown
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crown** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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Surrender of her child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:750-pg2591-part26:e2:o3:1
# text = Surrender of her child
1	Surrender	surrender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Her child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:750-pg2591-part26:e2:o4:1
# text = Her child
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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