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description: Which narrative element signals the commencement of the subsequent tale? Exam question 4 of lesson 119 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Thumbling: the cook overhears, the cow swallows him, and a wolf is cut open» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Thumbling: the cook overhears, the co…

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Which narrative element signals the commencement of the subsequent tale?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 119 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Thumbling: the cook overhears, the cow swallows him, and a wolf is cut open» 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/119-pg11027-part22/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:119-pg11027-part22:e4:1
# text = Which narrative element signals the commencement of the subsequent tale?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	element	element	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	signals	signal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	commencement	commencement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The introduction of a king and queen without issue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:119-pg11027-part22:e4:o1:1
# text = The introduction of a king and queen without issue
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	introduction	introduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	issue	issue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **introduce** |  |  | a king and queen |  |  |  | without issue | nom introduction «act transitive»: of=patient without=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A new king appears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:119-pg11027-part22:e4:o2:1
# text = A new king appears
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	appears	appear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | present | a new king |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A queen is crowned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:119-pg11027-part22:e4:o3:1
# text = A queen is crowned
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	crowned	crown	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crown** | present · passive |  | a queen |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A royal couple who lacked any heirs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:119-pg11027-part22:e4:o4:1
# text = A royal couple who lacked any heirs
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	couple	couple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lacked	lack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	heirs	heir	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lack** | past | a royal couple | any heirs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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