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title: Which quality of the protagonist is most clearly demonstrated by his… — Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Johnny… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which quality of the protagonist is most clearly demonstrated by his conduct with the giants? Exam question 4 of lesson 246 «Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Johnny Gloke: a lazy tailor kills giants, wins a princess and becomes king» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr
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# Exam question 4 · Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Johnny Gloke: a lazy tailor…

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Which quality of the protagonist is most clearly demonstrated by his conduct with the giants?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** conduct, his · **What happens:** demonstrate, conduct · **To what, where:** quality

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 246 «Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Johnny Gloke: a lazy tailor kills giants, wins a princess and becomes king» 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/246-pg14241-part13/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:246-pg14241-part13:e4:1
# text = Which quality of the protagonist is most clearly demonstrated by his conduct with the giants?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
7	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
8	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	demonstrated	demonstrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	giants	giant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demonstrate** | present · passive | his conduct with the giants | which quality of the protagonist |  |  |  | clearly *property* | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Topic |
| 2 | **conduct** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  | with the giants | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent with=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Loyalty to the King and crown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:246-pg14241-part13:e4:o1:1
# text = Loyalty to the King and crown
1	Loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Great strength

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:246-pg14241-part13:e4:o2:1
# text = Great strength
1	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	strength	strength	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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Sheer courage in battle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:246-pg14241-part13:e4:o3:1
# text = Sheer courage in battle
1	Sheer	sheer	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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Cunning exercised under pressure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:246-pg14241-part13:e4:o4:1
# text = Cunning exercised under pressure
1	Cunning	cunning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	exercised	exercise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	pressure	pressure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exercise** | participle |  | Cunning *not said here* |  | pressure |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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