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title: Of what did the Princesses warn Halvor regarding the use of the ring? — Norse Tales, Halvor and the Trolls, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Of what did the Princesses warn Halvor regarding the use of the ring? Exam question 3 of lesson 1511 «Norse Tales, Halvor and the Trolls, part 8: Halvor beats three trolls and wins back the princesses, then wishes himself home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 3 · Norse Tales, Halvor and the Trolls, part 8: Halvor beats t…

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Of what did the Princesses warn Halvor regarding the use of the ring?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Princesses · **What happens:** warn, regard, use · **To what, where:** Halvor, ring

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1511 «Norse Tales, Halvor and the Trolls, part 8: Halvor beats three trolls and wins back the princesses, then wishes himself home» 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/1511-pg540-part8/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1511-pg540-part8:e3:1
# text = Of what did the Princesses warn Halvor regarding the use of the ring?
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Princesses	princess	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	warn	warn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	Halvor	Halvor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past · do-support | the Princesses |  | Halvor |  |  | regard the use of the ring | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent halvor=Recipient |
| 2 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **use** |  |  | the ring |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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To keep it safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1511-pg540-part8:e3:o1:1
# text = To keep it safe
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | it |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That throwing it would end his splendour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1511-pg540-part8:e3:o2:1
# text = That throwing it would end his splendour
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	splendour	splendour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | gerund | That |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **end** | would | it | his splendour |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality splendour=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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That naming them would end his splendour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1511-pg540-part8:e3:o3:1
# text = That naming them would end his splendour
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
2	naming	name	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	splendour	splendour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **end** | would | That | his splendour |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality splendour=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Not to lose it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1511-pg540-part8:e3:o4:1
# text = Not to lose it
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	lose	lose	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **lose** | to-infinitive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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