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title: Explain which quality of Hannibal's historical victory at Lake Thrac… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Galoshes o… · tree and pragmatics
description: Explain which quality of Hannibal's historical victory at Lake Thracymene the narrator is said to emphasise in the passage. Exam question 3 of lesson 284 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune: the young man dies and Care takes the galoshes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wi
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune: the young…

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Explain which quality of Hannibal's historical victory at Lake Thracymene the narrator is said to emphasise in the passage.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, historical victory · **What happens:** explain, say, emphasise · **To what, where:** quality, narrator, passage · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 284 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune: the young man dies and Care takes the galoshes» 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/284-pg1597-part11/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:284-pg1597-part11:e3:1
# text = Explain which quality of Hannibal's historical victory at Lake Thracymene the narrator is said to emphasise in the passage.
1	Explain	explain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	Hannibal	Hannibal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	historical	historical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	victory	victory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Lake	Lake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	Thracymene	Thracymene	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	emphasise	emphasise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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* | which quality of Hannibal's historical victory at Lake |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quality=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive | Hannibal's historical victory at Lake *not said here* | the narrator |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **emphasise** | to-infinitive | Hannibal's historical victory at Lake *not said here* |  |  | the passage |  |  | tree rules |

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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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The political treaty that ended the war afterwards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:284-pg1597-part11:e3:o1:1
# text = The political treaty that ended the war afterwards
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	political	political	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	treaty	treaty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | past | the political treaty | the war |  |  |  | afterwards *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality war=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The tactics Hannibal used against the Roman cavalry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:284-pg1597-part11:e3:o2:1
# text = The tactics Hannibal used against the Roman cavalry
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tactics	tactic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	Hannibal	Hannibal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
4	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	against	against	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	cavalry	cavalry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | the tactics |  |  |  |  | against the Roman cavalry | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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The place where the battle occurred, now a scene of natural beauty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:284-pg1597-part11:e3:o3:1
# text = The place where the battle occurred, now a scene of natural beauty
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	occurred	occur	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	scene	scene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | past | the place | a scene of natural beauty |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The number of soldiers who fell in the battle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:284-pg1597-part11:e3:o4:1
# text = The number of soldiers who fell in the battle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | soldiers |  |  | the battle |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in battle=Location |

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