--- title: In what manner did the cardinals determine the criterion for the suc… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Wen… · tree and pragmatics description: In what manner did the cardinals determine the criterion for the successor to the late Pontiff? Exam question 1 of lesson 767 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was: the youth calms the dogs, hears the frogs, and becomes Pope» of the books course of Mova's primary scho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/767-pg2591-part43/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Wen…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/767-pg2591-part43/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn Wha… In what manner did the cardinals determine the criterion for the successor to the late Pontiff? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cardinals · **What happens:** do, determine · **To what, where:** manner, criterion This is exam question 1 of lesson 767 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was: the youth calms the dogs, hears the frogs, and becomes Pope» 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/767-pg2591-part43/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:e1:1 # text = In what manner did the cardinals determine the criterion for the successor to the late Pontiff? 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cardinals cardinal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 determine determine VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 criterion criterion NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 successor successor NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 Pontiff pontiff NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | what manner | | | tree rules | | 2 | **determine** | present | the cardinals | the criterion | | | | for the successor to the late Pontiff | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent criterion=Topic | 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} By choosing the oldest of the cardinals ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:e1:o1:1 # text = By choosing the oldest of the cardinals 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 choosing choose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 oldest old ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cardinals cardinal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | gerund | | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} By demanding a clear sign from God that would show his choice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:e1:o2:1 # text = By demanding a clear sign from God that would show his choice 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 demanding demand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **demand** *speech: request* | gerund | | a clear sign | | | | from God | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Theme sign=Precondition from god=Source | | 2 | **show** | would | a clear sign | God's choice | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent choice=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} By waiting for the new king's advice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:e1:o3:1 # text = By waiting for the new king's advice 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | gerund | | | | | | for the new king's advice | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} By requiring a divine and miraculous token ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:e1:o4:1 # text = By requiring a divine and miraculous token 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 requiring require VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 divine divine NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 miraculous miraculous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 token token NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **require** | gerund | | a divine and miraculous token | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme divine=Precondition | **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. 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