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title: Which of the following describes the prince's conduct toward the kni… — Grimm, The Water of Life, part 50: Dum… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following describes the prince's conduct toward the knights in the hall? Exam question 4 of lesson 774 «Grimm, The Water of Life, part 50: Dummling's three tasks end, and the youngest prince wins the dwarf's help» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm, The Water of Life, part 50: Dummling's three tasks…

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Which of the following describes the prince's conduct toward the knights in the hall?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** follow, describe, conduct · **To what, where:** conduct

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 774 «Grimm, The Water of Life, part 50: Dummling's three tasks end, and the youngest prince wins the dwarf's help» 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/774-pg2591-part50/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:774-pg2591-part50:e4:1
# text = Which of the following describes the prince's conduct toward the knights in the hall?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	obj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	knights	knight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	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 | **describe** | present |  | the prince's conduct |  |  |  | toward the knights in the hall | tree rules |
| 3 | **conduct** |  | the prince |  |  |  |  | toward the knights in the hall | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent toward=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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he removed their rings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:774-pg2591-part50:e4:o1:1
# text = he removed their rings
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	removed	remove	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | past | he | their rings |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he stole their swords

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:774-pg2591-part50:e4:o2:1
# text = he stole their swords
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	swords	sword	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | he | their swords |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sword=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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he took rings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:774-pg2591-part50:e4:o3:1
# text = he took rings
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | he | rings |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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he took their money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:774-pg2591-part50:e4:o4:1
# text = he took their money
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | he | their money |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |

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