--- title: What precaution did the young king adopt during his absence in the w… — Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince L… · tree and pragmatics description: What precaution did the young king adopt during his absence in the war? Exam question 3 of lesson 1665 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the maiden breaks the lindorm's spell and the prince is freed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1665-pg5615-part54/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince L…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1665-pg5615-part54/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the… What precaution did the young king adopt during his absence in the war? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** precaution, king · **What happens:** adopt, absent · **To what, where:** war This is exam question 3 of lesson 1665 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the maiden breaks the lindorm's spell and the prince is freed» 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/1665-pg5615-part54/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:e3:1 # text = What precaution did the young king adopt during his absence in the war? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 precaution precaution NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 adopt adopt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 during during ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 absence absence NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **adopt** | past · do-support | what precaution | | | the war | during king's absence | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **absent** | | king | | | | | | nom absence «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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} He locked the palace ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:e3:o1:1 # text = He locked the palace 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 locked lock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lock** | past | He | the palace | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} He ordered his knights to watch her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:e3:o2:1 # text = He ordered his knights to watch her 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | past | He | | his knights | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent knight=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **watch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He posted soldiers at every gate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:e3:o3:1 # text = He posted soldiers at every gate 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 posted post VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **post** | past | He | soldiers | | every gate | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soldier=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He directed his servants to guard his queen carefully ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:e3:o4:1 # text = He directed his servants to guard his queen carefully 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 directed direct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 guard guard VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **direct** | past | He | his servants | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent servant=Eventuality | | 2 | **guard** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | his queen | | | carefully *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Beneficiary | **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. 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