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title: Which phrase best characterises the King's conduct when confronted b… — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Yellow Dwa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which phrase best characterises the King's conduct when confronted by the Fairy? Exam question 3 of lesson 1423 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Yellow Dwarf, part 10: the wedding is spoiled and Bellissima is stolen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 3 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Yellow Dwarf, part 10: the wed…

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Which phrase best characterises the King's conduct when confronted by the Fairy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** phrase, King · **What happens:** characteris, confront, conduct · **To what, where:** conduct

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1423 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Yellow Dwarf, part 10: the wedding is spoiled and Bellissima is stolen» 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/1423-pg503-part10/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1423-pg503-part10:e3:1
# text = Which phrase best characterises the King's conduct when confronted by the Fairy?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
10	confronted	confront	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **characteris** | present | which phrase | the King's conduct |  |  |  | well *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **confront** | participle | which phrase *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the Fairy | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **conduct** |  | the King |  |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Brave and defiant, threatening her with his sword

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1423-pg503-part10:e3:o1:1
# text = Brave and defiant, threatening her with his sword
1	Brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	defiant	defiant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	threatening	threaten	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **threaten** | gerund |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | with his sword | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Brave, defiant, and refusing to bow to her even when hurt badly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1423-pg503-part10:e3:o2:1
# text = Brave, defiant, and refusing to bow to her even when hurt badly
1	Brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	defiant	defiant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	refusing	refuse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	bow	bow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
13	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	_
14	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **bow** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent her=Topic |
| 3 | **hurt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Calm and wise, offering her a seat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1423-pg503-part10:e3:o3:1
# text = Calm and wise, offering her a seat
1	Calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	offering	offer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | gerund |  | a seat | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent she=Goal seat=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Frightened but quietly polite about it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1423-pg503-part10:e3:o4:1
# text = Frightened but quietly polite about it
1	Frightened	frighten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frighten** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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