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title: Which of the king's subsequent actions demonstrates his obedience to… — Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the fr… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the king's subsequent actions demonstrates his obedience to the magical ring? Exam question 4 of lesson 1181 «Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king's plan, and the king defeats the Lion Fairy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king'…

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Which of the king's subsequent actions demonstrates his obedience to the magical ring?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** demonstrate, act, obey · **To what, where:** obedience

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1181 «Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king's plan, and the king defeats the Lion Fairy» 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/1181-pg3027-part47/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1181-pg3027-part47:e4:1
# text = Which of the king's subsequent actions demonstrates his obedience to the magical ring?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	actions	action	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
8	demonstrates	demonstrate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	obedience	obedience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	magical	magical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demonstrate** | present |  | king's obedience |  |  |  | of the king's subsequent actions; to the magical ring | tree rules |
| 2 | **act** |  | the king |  |  |  |  |  | nom action «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 3 | **obey** |  | king |  |  |  |  |  | nom obedience «act transitive»: 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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He handed the ring to a minister for safekeeping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1181-pg3027-part47:e4:o1:1
# text = He handed the ring to a minister for safekeeping
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	handed	hand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	minister	minister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	safekeeping	safekeeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand** | past | He | the ring |  | a minister |  | for safekeeping | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ring=Theme to minister=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He sent the ring to the queen with a letter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1181-pg3027-part47:e4:o2:1
# text = He sent the ring to the queen with a letter
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | He | the ring | the queen |  |  | with a letter | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ring=Theme to queen=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He kept the ring hidden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1181-pg3027-part47:e4:o3:1
# text = He kept the ring hidden
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | He | the ring |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** | participle |  | the ring *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He entrusted the ring with guiding him to the queen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1181-pg3027-part47:e4:o4:1
# text = He entrusted the ring with guiding him to the queen
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	entrusted	entrust	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	guiding	guide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entrust** | past | He | the ring |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Recipient |
| 2 | **guide** | gerund | He *not said here* | him *= he* | the queen |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to queen=Destination |

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