--- title: What was the response of the lion to the king's final scepticism? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Twelve Huntsm… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the response of the lion to the king's final scepticism? Exam question 2 of lesson 776 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Twelve Huntsmen: the false huntsmen are unmasked and the king weds his true bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/776-pg2591-part52/e2/) [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 Twelve Huntsm…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/776-pg2591-part52/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Twelve Huntsmen: the false huntsm… What was the response of the lion to the king's final scepticism? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** response · **What happens:** be This is exam question 2 of lesson 776 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Twelve Huntsmen: the false huntsmen are unmasked and the king weds his true bride» 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/776-pg2591-part52/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:776-pg2591-part52:e2:1 # text = What was the response of the lion to the king's final scepticism? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 scepticism scepticism NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the response of the lion to the king's final scepticism | | | | | | tree rules | 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} He maintained that the huntsmen had restrained themselves ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:776-pg2591-part52:e2:o1:1 # text = He maintained that the huntsmen had restrained themselves 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 maintained maintain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 huntsmen huntsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 restrained restrain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 8 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **maintain** | past | He | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **restrain** | past · perfect · passive | | the huntsmen | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He claimed the peas had slipped away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:776-pg2591-part52:e2:o2:1 # text = He claimed the peas had slipped away 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 claimed claim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 peas pea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 slipped slip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **claim** *speech: other* | past | He | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **slip away** | past · perfect | the peas | | | | | away *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 3 {#o3} He insisted the huntsmen were men ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:776-pg2591-part52:e2:o3:1 # text = He insisted the huntsmen were men 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 insisted insist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 huntsmen huntsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **insist** *speech: other* | past | He | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | the huntsmen | men | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He maintained that the huntsmen had restrained themselves from wrongdoing and were honest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:776-pg2591-part52:e2:o4:1 # text = He maintained that the huntsmen had restrained themselves from wrongdoing and were honest 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 maintained maintain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 huntsmen huntsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 restrained restrain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 8 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obj _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 wrongdoing wrongdoing NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **maintain** | past | He | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **restrain** | past · perfect · passive | | the huntsmen | | wrongdoing | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | He *not said here* | | | | | honest *property* | tree rules | **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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