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title: With reference to the text, identify the test by which the sovereign… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Feather… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the text, identify the test by which the sovereign's succession was ultimately determined. Exam question 2 of lesson 105 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: Dummling wins the crown with a carpet, a ring and a bride; then Snow-White begins» of the books course of Mova's primar
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# Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: Dummling wins the…

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With reference to the text, identify the test by which the sovereign's succession was ultimately determined.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, succession · **What happens:** identify, be · **To what, where:** test

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 105 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: Dummling wins the crown with a carpet, a ring and a bride; then Snow-White begins» 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/105-pg11027-part8/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:105-pg11027-part8:e2:1
# text = With reference to the text, identify the test by which the sovereign's succession was ultimately determined.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	obl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	succession	succession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	determined	determined	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 test |  |  |  | with reference to the text | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent test=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | the sovereign's succession |  |  |  |  | determined, ultimately *property* | tree rules |

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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 leaping of the peasant women over a hoop held high

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:105-pg11027-part8:e2:o1:1
# text = the leaping of the peasant women over a hoop held high
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	leaping	leaping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	peasant	peasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hoop	hoop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
10	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle · passive |  | the leaping of the peasant women over a hoop |  |  |  | high *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the trial of the three feathers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:105-pg11027-part8:e2:o2:1
# text = the trial of the three feathers
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trial	trial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** |  |  | the three feathers |  |  |  |  | nom trial «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

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the leaping of the women through the hoop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:105-pg11027-part8:e2:o3:1
# text = the leaping of the women through the hoop
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	leaping	leaping	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	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hoop	hoop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the ring test with the iron harness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:105-pg11027-part8:e2:o4:1
# text = the ring test with the iron harness
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	iron	iron	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	harness	harness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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