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title: Which of the following accurately states the reason the dwarfs grant… — Fairy Book, Hok Lee and the Dwarfs: an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following accurately states the reason the dwarfs granted Hok Lee a further opportunity to dance? Exam question 1 of lesson 1914 «Fairy Book, Hok Lee and the Dwarfs: angry dwarfs, one last dance, and a cure» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, Hok Lee and the Dwarfs: angry dwarfs, one last…

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Which of the following accurately states the reason the dwarfs granted Hok Lee a further opportunity to dance?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dwarfs · **What happens:** follow, state, grant, dance · **To what, where:** reason

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1914 «Fairy Book, Hok Lee and the Dwarfs: angry dwarfs, one last dance, and a cure» 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/1914-pg7277-part51/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1914-pg7277-part51:e1:1
# text = Which of the following accurately states the reason the dwarfs granted Hok Lee a further opportunity to dance?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	nsubj	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	states	state	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	granted	grant	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	Hok	Hok	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
13	Lee	Lee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	dance	dance	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **state** *speech: other* | present |  | the reason |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **grant** | past | the dwarfs | the reason *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 4 | **dance** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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They enjoyed it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1914-pg7277-part51:e1:o1:1
# text = They enjoyed it
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	enjoyed	enjoy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enjoy** | past | They | it |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They derived pleasure from being entertained

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1914-pg7277-part51:e1:o2:1
# text = They derived pleasure from being entertained
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	derived	derive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
6	entertained	entertained	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **derive** | past | They | pleasure |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pleasure=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | entertained *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They were eager to see Hok Lee's dance once more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1914-pg7277-part51:e1:o3:1
# text = They were eager to see Hok Lee's dance once more
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	eager	eager	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	Hok	Hok	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	_
7	Lee	Lee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
9	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
11	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | They |  |  |  |  | eager *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | Hok's dance |  |  |  | once *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dance=Stimulus |
| 3 | **dance** |  | Hok |  |  |  |  |  | nom dance «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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They took delight in the skill of the human dancer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1914-pg7277-part51:e1:o4:1
# text = They took delight in the skill of the human dancer
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	delight	delight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	dancer	dancer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | They | delight |  | the skill of the human dancer |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent delight=Value in skill=Location |

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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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