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description: In what manner does the king respond when the youth completes the task of drinking the cellar? Exam question 2 of lesson 1643 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Servants, part 32: the new helpers join the ship and the king's fleet is blinded by fog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Servants, part 32: the new he…

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In what manner does the king respond when the youth completes the task of drinking the cellar?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** youth, task · **What happens:** do, complete, drink · **To what, where:** king respond, manner, task, cellar

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1643 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Servants, part 32: the new helpers join the ship and the king's fleet is blinded by fog» 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/1643-pg5615-part32/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1643-pg5615-part32:e2:1
# text = In what manner does the king respond when the youth completes the task of drinking the cellar?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	respond	respond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	11	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	completes	complete	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the king respond |  | what manner |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality |
| 2 | **complete** | present | the youth | the task |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Eventuality |
| 3 | **drink** | gerund | the task *not said here* | the cellar |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cellar=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 {#o1}

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He laughs at him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1643-pg5615-part32:e2:o1:1
# text = He laughs at him
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | He |  |  |  |  | at him *= he* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He grants a reward and dismisses the youth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1643-pg5615-part32:e2:o2:1
# text = He grants a reward and dismisses the youth
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grants	grant	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	dismisses	dismiss	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grant** | present | He | a reward |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent reward=Theme |
| 2 | **dismiss** | present | He *not said here* | the youth |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Theme |

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

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He concedes that the youth has prevailed, but sets a further condition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1643-pg5615-part32:e2:o3:1
# text = He concedes that the youth has prevailed, but sets a further condition
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	concedes	concede	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	prevailed	prevail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	sets	set	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concede** | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **prevail** | present · perfect · passive |  | the youth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **set** | present | He *not said here* | a further condition |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient condition=Result |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He admits defeat and immediately sends the youth to fetch the crown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1643-pg5615-part32:e2:o4:1
# text = He admits defeat and immediately sends the youth to fetch the crown
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	admits	admit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	defeat	defeat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	sends	send	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **admit** *speech: other* | present | He | defeat |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent defeat=Theme |
| 2 | **send** | present | He *not said here* | the youth |  |  |  | immediately *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Theme |
| 3 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the crown |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=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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