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title: Which of the following describes the behaviour of the Dwarf when he… — Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the w… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following describes the behaviour of the Dwarf when he demands the first-born child of the Queen? Exam question 1 of lesson 128 «Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the wicked pair are punished, and a Miller's daughter must spin straw into gold» of the books course of Mova's primary school
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# Exam question 1 · Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the wicked pair are punis…

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Which of the following describes the behaviour of the Dwarf when he demands the first-born child of the Queen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dwarf · **What happens:** follow, be, demand, bear · **To what, where:** born child

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 128 «Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the wicked pair are punished, and a Miller's daughter must spin straw into gold» 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/128-pg11027-part31/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:128-pg11027-part31:e1:1
# text = Which of the following describes the behaviour of the Dwarf when he demands the first-born child of the Queen?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Dwarf	Dwarf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	13	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	demands	demand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
15	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	17	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	amod	_	_
18	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the behaviour; of the Dwarf | tree rules |
| 3 | **demand** *speech: request* | present | Dwarf | the born child of the Queen |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme child=Precondition |
| 4 | **bear** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 laughs loudly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:128-pg11027-part31:e1:o1:1
# text = He laughs loudly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | He |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He declares that something human is dearer to him than all the wealth of the world

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:128-pg11027-part31:e1:o2:1
# text = He declares that something human is dearer to him than all the wealth of the world
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	declares	declare	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	nsubj	_	_
5	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	dearer	dear	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	13	det:predet	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | something |  | him *= he* |  |  | than all wealth of the world; dear *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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He announces that the child must be given to him at once, because a promise is a promise and a dwarf never breaks his word once spoken in the castle

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:128-pg11027-part31:e1:o3:1
# text = He announces that the child must be given to him at once, because a promise is a promise and a dwarf never breaks his word once spoken in the castle
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	announces	announce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
14	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	_
23	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	24	advmod	_	_
24	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
27	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	28	advmod	_	_
28	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	advcl	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **announce** *speech: other* | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **give** | must · passive |  | the child | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: subject=Theme to he=Recipient at once=Asset |
| 3 | **is a** | present | a promise | a promise and a dwarf |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **break** | present | a promise and a dwarf | promise's word |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Patient |
| 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle | a promise and a dwarf *not said here* |  |  | the castle |  | once *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **word** |  | promise |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He asks for the child at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:128-pg11027-part31:e1:o4:1
# text = He asks for the child at once
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | He |  |  |  |  | for the child | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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