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description: Specify the monarch who was killed in the church by a stone thrown through a window. Exam question 3 of lesson 801 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell-Deep: the king's son sees the sunset, meets the poor boy, and the old Bell tells its tales» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell-Deep: the king's son sees…

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Specify the monarch who was killed in the church by a stone thrown through a window.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, stone · **What happens:** specify, kill, throw · **To what, where:** monarch, church, stone, window

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 801 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell-Deep: the king's son sees the sunset, meets the poor boy, and the old Bell tells its tales» 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/801-pg27200-part12/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:801-pg27200-part12:e3:1
# text = Specify the monarch who was killed in the church by a stone thrown through a window.
1	Specify	specify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	through	through	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **specify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the monarch |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent monarch=Theme |
| 2 | **kill** | past · passive | a stone | the monarch |  | the church |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 3 | **throw** | participle |  | a stone *not said here* |  | a window |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent through window=Destination |

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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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King Canute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:801-pg27200-part12:e3:o1:1
# text = King Canute
1	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Canute	Canute	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Prince Svend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:801-pg27200-part12:e3:o2:1
# text = Prince Svend
1	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Svend	Svend	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the Bell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:801-pg27200-part12:e3:o3:1
# text = the Bell
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Bell	Bell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the old King Canute of Denmark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:801-pg27200-part12:e3:o4:1
# text = the old King Canute of Denmark
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Canute	Canute	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Denmark	Denmark	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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