--- title: Which of the following best describes the manner in which the younge… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dulla… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following best describes the manner in which the youngest brother conducted his reply to the Princess? Exam question 1 of lesson 820 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard: Jack wins the Princess with clay, a crow and a wooden shoe» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/820-pg27200-part31/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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dulla…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/820-pg27200-part31/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard: Jack wins the Pr… Which of the following best describes the manner in which the youngest brother conducted his reply to the Princess? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** youngest brother, brother · **What happens:** follow, describe, conduct, reply · **To what, where:** manner, reply This is exam question 1 of lesson 820 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard: Jack wins the Princess with clay, a crow and a wooden shoe» 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/820-pg27200-part31/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:820-pg27200-part31:e1:1 # text = Which of the following best describes the manner in which the youngest brother conducted his reply to the Princess? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 obj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 case _ _ 5 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 nmod _ _ 6 describes describe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 13 amod _ _ 13 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 conducted conduct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 manner | | | | of the best | tree rules | | 3 | **conduct** | past | the youngest brother | brother's reply | | the manner | | to the Princess | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent reply=Theme in which=Destination | | 4 | **reply** | | brother | | | | | | nom reply «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He answered with composure and wit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:820-pg27200-part31:e1:o1:1 # text = He answered with composure and wit 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 composure composure NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 wit wit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | He | | | | | with composure and wit | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} He shouted with great anger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:820-pg27200-part31:e1:o2:1 # text = He shouted with great anger 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shouted shout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | He | | | | | with great anger | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} He spoke in a dull monotone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:820-pg27200-part31:e1:o3:1 # text = He spoke in a dull monotone 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 dull dull ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 monotone monotone NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | He | | | a dull monotone | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} He stayed silent ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:820-pg27200-part31:e1:o4:1 # text = He stayed silent 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | He | | | | | silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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