--- title: Explain the reason the elder brothers gave the King for objecting to… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Feather… · tree and pragmatics description: Explain the reason the elder brothers gave the King for objecting to Dummling's succession, as stated in the passage. Exam question 4 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/105-pg11027-part8/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Feather…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/105-pg11027-part8/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: Dummling wins the… Explain the reason the elder brothers gave the King for objecting to Dummling's succession, as stated in the passage. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, elder brothers · **What happens:** explain, give, object, state · **To what, where:** reason, King, succession, passage This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:105-pg11027-part8:e4:1 # text = Explain the reason the elder brothers gave the King for objecting to Dummling's succession, as stated in the passage. 1 Explain explain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 objecting object VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 Dummling Dummling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 succession succession NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 stated state VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic | | 2 | **give** | past | the elder brothers | the King | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme | | 3 | **object** *speech: other* | gerund | the elder brothers *not said here* | | Dummling's succession | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to succession=Recipient | | 4 | **state** *speech: other* | participle | the elder brothers *not said here* | | | the passage | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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} he was not the eldest son ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:105-pg11027-part8:e4:o1:1 # text = he was not the eldest son 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 6 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | past | he | the eldest son | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} he had no fine skills ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:105-pg11027-part8:e4:o2:1 # text = he had no fine skills 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 4 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 skills skill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | he | no fine skills | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skill=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} he was a fool with no skills ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:105-pg11027-part8:e4:o3:1 # text = he was a fool with no skills 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 skills skill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | he | a fool | | | | with no skills | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} that he was not at all wise ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:105-pg11027-part8:e4:o4:1 # text = that he was not at all wise 1 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 obl _ _ 7 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | he | | | all | | wise *property* | tree rules | **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. 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