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title: Which event precipitated the disclosure of the bride's true identity? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Twelve Huntsm… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which event precipitated the disclosure of the bride's true identity? Exam question 4 of lesson 776 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Twelve Huntsmen: the false huntsmen are unmasked and the king weds his true bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Twelve Huntsmen: the false huntsm…

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Which event precipitated the disclosure of the bride's true identity?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** event · **What happens:** precipitate, disclose · **To what, where:** disclosure, true identity

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 776 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Twelve Huntsmen: the false huntsmen are unmasked and the king weds his true bride» 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/776-pg2591-part52/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:776-pg2591-part52:e4:1
# text = Which event precipitated the disclosure of the bride's true identity?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	precipitated	precipitate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	identity	identity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **precipitate** | past | which event | the disclosure of the bride's true identity |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **disclose** |  |  | the bride's true identity |  |  |  |  | nom disclosure «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The lion's confession before the court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:776-pg2591-part52:e4:o1:1
# text = The lion's confession before the court
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confess** |  | the lion |  |  |  | before the court |  | nom confession «communication transitive»: poss=agent before=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The arrival of the king's messenger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:776-pg2591-part52:e4:o2:1
# text = The arrival of the king's messenger
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	messenger	messenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** |  | the king's messenger |  |  |  |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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The fainting of the bride upon hearing of the new union

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:776-pg2591-part52:e4:o3:1
# text = The fainting of the bride upon hearing of the new union
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fainting	fainting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hearing	hearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	union	union	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** |  | the new union |  |  |  |  |  | nom hearing «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The hunt that the king ordered at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:776-pg2591-part52:e4:o4:1
# text = The hunt that the king ordered at dawn
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hunt	hunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	ordered	order	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | participle | the king | the hunt *not said here* |  |  | dawn |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunt=Theme |

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