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description: Which comrade, possessing the power of hearing, first reported the King's commands to the Simpleton? Exam question 1 of lesson 1723 «Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpleton, the Simpleton beats the King's impossible tasks and wins the Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with t
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpleton, the Simpleton…

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Which comrade, possessing the power of hearing, first reported the King's commands to the Simpleton?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** comrade, King · **What happens:** possess, report, command · **To what, where:** power, commands, Simpleton · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1723 «Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpleton, the Simpleton beats the King's impossible tasks and wins the Princess» 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/1723-pg640-part47/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1723-pg640-part47:e1:1
# text = Which comrade, possessing the power of hearing, first reported the King's commands to the Simpleton?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	comrade	comrade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	possessing	possess	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	hearing	hearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
10	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	advmod	_	_
11	reported	report	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	commands	command	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Simpleton	Simpleton	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | gerund | which comrade *not said here* | the power of hearing |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot power=Theme |
| 2 | **report** | past | which comrade | the King's commands | the Simpleton |  |  | first *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent command=Topic to simpleton=Recipient |
| 3 | **command** |  | the King |  |  |  |  | to the Simpleton | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |

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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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The marksman with the gun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1723-pg640-part47:e1:o1:1
# text = The marksman with the gun
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	marksman	marksman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gun	gun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The thirsty comrade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1723-pg640-part47:e1:o2:1
# text = The thirsty comrade
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	comrade	comrade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The comrade who carried the bundle of wood to the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1723-pg640-part47:e1:o3:1
# text = The comrade who carried the bundle of wood to the palace
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	comrade	comrade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bundle	bundle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | the comrade | the bundle of wood |  | the palace |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bundle=Theme to palace=Destination |

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

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The sharp-eared comrade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1723-pg640-part47:e1:o4:1
# text = The sharp-eared comrade
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	eared	eared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	comrade	comrade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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