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title: Which of the following accurately describes the action by which the… — Norse Tales, Dapplegrim: the youth win… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following accurately describes the action by which the youth secured the release of the Princess from her second concealment? Exam question 1 of lesson 1562 «Norse Tales, Dapplegrim: the youth wins the Princess with two tricks and a second horse» of the books course of Mova's primary sc
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# Exam question 1 · Norse Tales, Dapplegrim: the youth wins the Princess with…

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Which of the following accurately describes the action by which the youth secured the release of the Princess from her second concealment?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** youth · **What happens:** follow, describe, secure, conceal · **To what, where:** action, release, second concealment

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1562 «Norse Tales, Dapplegrim: the youth wins the Princess with two tricks and a second horse» 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/1562-pg540-part59/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1562-pg540-part59:e1:1
# text = Which of the following accurately describes the action by which the youth secured the release of the Princess from her second concealment?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	secured	secure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	release	release	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	from	from	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
21	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	22	amod	_	_
22	concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	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 | **describe** | present |  | the action |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme |
| 3 | **secure** | past | the youth | the release of the Princess |  | youth's second concealment |  | by the action | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent release=Theme from concealment=Source |
| 4 | **conceal** |  | youth |  |  |  |  |  | nom concealment «state 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 {#o1}

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by identifying the first loaf from the right and feigning to sever it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1562-pg540-part59:e1:o1:1
# text = by identifying the first loaf from the right and feigning to sever it
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	identifying	identify	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	loaf	loaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	feigning	feign	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	sever	sever	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | gerund |  | the first loaf |  | the right |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent loaf=Theme |
| 2 | **feign** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sever** | to-infinitive |  | loaf |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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by identifying the last loaf on the table and feigning to wrap it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1562-pg540-part59:e1:o2:1
# text = by identifying the last loaf on the table and feigning to wrap it
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	identifying	identify	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	loaf	loaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	feigning	feign	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	wrap	wrap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | gerund |  | the last loaf |  | the table |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent loaf=Theme |
| 2 | **feign** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **wrap** | to-infinitive |  | loaf |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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by identifying the middle loaf and feigning to consume it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1562-pg540-part59:e1:o3:1
# text = by identifying the middle loaf and feigning to consume it
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	identifying	identify	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	middle	middle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	loaf	loaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	feigning	feign	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	consume	consume	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | gerund |  | the middle loaf |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent loaf=Theme |
| 2 | **feign** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **consume** | to-infinitive |  | loaf |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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by identifying the third loaf from the left and feigning to sever it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1562-pg540-part59:e1:o4:1
# text = by identifying the third loaf from the left and feigning to sever it
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	identifying	identify	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	loaf	loaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	left	left	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	feigning	feign	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	sever	sever	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | gerund |  | the third loaf |  | the left |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent loaf=Theme |
| 2 | **feign** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sever** | to-infinitive |  | loaf |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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