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description: According to the text, what precise phrase did the King employ to signify his acceptance of the fated outcome? Exam question 3 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, with the dependency tr
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# Exam question 3 · Norse Tales, Dapplegrim: the youth wins the Princess with…

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According to the text, what precise phrase did the King employ to signify his acceptance of the fated outcome?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase · **What happens:** accord, signify, accept · **To what, where:** acceptance, fated outcome

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1562-pg540-part59:e3:1
# text = According to the text, what precise phrase did the King employ to signify his acceptance of the fated outcome?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
7	precise	precise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	employ	employ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	signify	signify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	acceptance	acceptance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	fated	fated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **signify** | past · do-support |  | phrase's acceptance of the fated outcome |  |  |  | accord the text | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot acceptance=Theme |
| 3 | **accept** |  | phrase | the fated outcome |  |  |  |  | nom acceptance «cognition transitive»: poss=agent 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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So what must be, must

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1562-pg540-part59:e3:o1:1
# text = So what must be, must
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	2	aux	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | must · infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Let the wedding proceed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1562-pg540-part59:e3:o2:1
# text = Let the wedding proceed
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | the wedding |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **proceed** | infinitive | the wedding *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Such is the custom here

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1562-pg540-part59:e3:o3:1
# text = Such is the custom here
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	custom	custom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the Such custom |  | here |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fortune favours the bold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1562-pg540-part59:e3:o4:1
# text = Fortune favours the bold
1	Fortune	fortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	favours	favour	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bold	bold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **favour** | present | Fortune | the bold |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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