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title: Which of the following best characterises the temperament of the Kin… — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Wonderful… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following best characterises the temperament of the King of the Sheep, as described by the narrator? Exam question 3 of lesson 1465 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Wonderful Sheep, part 52: Miranda meets talking sheep and hears the Sheep's sad story» of the books course of Mova's primary s
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# Exam question 3 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Wonderful Sheep, part 52: Mira…

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Which of the following best characterises the temperament of the King of the Sheep, as described by the narrator?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** best · **What happens:** follow, characteris, describe · **To what, where:** temperament

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1465 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Wonderful Sheep, part 52: Miranda meets talking sheep and hears the Sheep's sad story» 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/1465-pg503-part52/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1465-pg503-part52:e3:1
# text = Which of the following best characterises the temperament of the King of the Sheep, as described by the narrator?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nsubj	_	_
6	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	temperament	temperament	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	parataxis	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	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 | **characteris** | present | the best | the temperament of the King of the Sheep |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **describe** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the narrator | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=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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He was as grave as a judge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1465-pg503-part52:e3:o1:1
# text = He was as grave as a judge
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	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	grave	grave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | as a judge; grave *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was as gentle as a lamb but could be stern when he chose to be

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1465-pg503-part52:e3:o2:1
# text = He was as gentle as a lamb but could be stern when he chose to be
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	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	stern	stern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
12	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | as a lamb; gentle *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | could | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | stern *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **choose** | past | lamb |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** | to-infinitive | lamb *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was as proud as a soldier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1465-pg503-part52:e3:o3:1
# text = He was as proud as a soldier
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	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | as a soldier; proud *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He was as grave as a judge and never once laughed in front of the court

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1465-pg503-part52:e3:o4:1
# text = He was as grave as a judge and never once laughed in front of the court
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	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	grave	grave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	11	advmod	_	_
11	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | as a judge; grave *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **laugh** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in front of the court; once *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in front=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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