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title: State the precise manner in which Hok Lee executed his dance before… — Fairy Book, Hok Lee and the Dwarfs: an… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the precise manner in which Hok Lee executed his dance before the assembled dwarfs. Exam question 3 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 pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, Hok Lee and the Dwarfs: angry dwarfs, one last…

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State the precise manner in which Hok Lee executed his dance before the assembled dwarfs.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Hok · **What happens:** execute, assemble, dance · **To what, where:** dance, precise manner

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1914-pg7277-part51:e3:1
# text = State the precise manner in which Hok Lee executed his dance before the assembled dwarfs.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	precise	precise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
7	Hok	Hok	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	Lee	Lee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
9	executed	execute	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	before	before	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	assembled	assemble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **execute** | past | Hok | Hok's dance |  | the precise manner | before the assembled dwarfs |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Patient |
| 2 | **assemble** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **dance** |  | Hok |  |  |  |  |  | nom dance «communication 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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Starting with slow steps then turning wild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1914-pg7277-part51:e3:o1:1
# text = Starting with slow steps then turning wild
1	Starting	start	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
6	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with slow steps | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with step=Subeventuality |
| 2 | **turn** | gerund | Starting |  |  |  | then | wild *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Commencing slowly and accelerating progressively until he was spinning wildly before them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1914-pg7277-part51:e3:o2:1
# text = Commencing slowly and accelerating progressively until he was spinning wildly before them
1	Commencing	commence	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	accelerating	accelerate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
5	progressively	progressively	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
10	wildly	wildly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	before	before	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commence** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **accelerate** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | progressively *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **spin** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  | before them *= they* | wildly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme before they=Trajectory |

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

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Commencing slowly and accelerating progressively

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1914-pg7277-part51:e3:o3:1
# text = Commencing slowly and accelerating progressively
1	Commencing	commence	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	accelerating	accelerate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
5	progressively	progressively	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commence** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **accelerate** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | progressively *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Beginning gently and speeding up over time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1914-pg7277-part51:e3:o4:1
# text = Beginning gently and speeding up over time
1	Beginning	begin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	speeding	speed	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **speed up** | gerund |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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