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description: Explain the principal reason the Soldier gave for ceasing to carry the copper and silver in his possession. Exam question 4 of lesson 1737 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 61: a Soldier gets rich from three dogs and a witch's trick» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 61: a Soldier…

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Explain the principal reason the Soldier gave for ceasing to carry the copper and silver in his possession.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Soldier · **What happens:** explain, give, cease, carry, possess · **To what, where:** principal reason, copper, possession

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1737 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 61: a Soldier gets rich from three dogs and a witch's trick» 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/1737-pg640-part61/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1737-pg640-part61:e4:1
# text = Explain the principal reason the Soldier gave for ceasing to carry the copper and silver in his possession.
1	Explain	explain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Soldier	Soldier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	ceasing	cease	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **give** | past | the Soldier | the principal reason *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 3 | **cease** | gerund | the Soldier *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **carry** | to-infinitive | the Soldier *not said here* | the copper and silver |  | Soldier's possession |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent copper=Value in possession=Location |
| 5 | **possess** |  | Soldier |  |  |  |  |  | nom possession «act 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 {#o1}

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He wanted more room.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1737-pg640-part61:e4:o1:1
# text = He wanted more room.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | more room |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot room=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He found the gold heavier and more useful to him.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1737-pg640-part61:e4:o2:1
# text = He found the gold heavier and more useful to him.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	found	find	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	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	heavier	heavy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | He | the gold |  |  |  | heavy *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He swapped them for gold because it was shinier.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1737-pg640-part61:e4:o3:1
# text = He swapped them for gold because it was shinier.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swapped	swap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	shinier	shiny	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | past | He | them *= they* |  |  |  | for gold | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme for gold=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | gold |  |  |  |  | shiny *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He exchanged them for gold, which is of greater value and fills his pockets more richly.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1737-pg640-part61:e4:o4:1
# text = He exchanged them for gold, which is of greater value and fills his pockets more richly.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	exchanged	exchange	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	amod	_	_
11	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	fills	fill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	pockets	pocket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	17	advmod	_	_
17	richly	richly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exchange** | past | He | them *= they* |  |  |  | for gold and greater value | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme for gold=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | gold and greater value |  |  |  |  | of greater value | tree rules |
| 3 | **fill** | present | He *not said here* | his pockets |  |  |  | richly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pocket=Patient |

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