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title: According to the narrator, which competitor was awarded the hand of… — Andersen's Tales, The Last Dream of th… · tree and pragmatics
description: According to the narrator, which competitor was awarded the hand of the Princess? Exam question 1 of lesson 866 «Andersen's Tales, The Last Dream of the Old Oak, part 1: the jumping contest ends, and the old oak gets ready for winter sleep» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Last Dream of the Old Oak, part 1: t…

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According to the narrator, which competitor was awarded the hand of the Princess?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** accord, award · **To what, where:** competitor

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 866 «Andersen's Tales, The Last Dream of the Old Oak, part 1: the jumping contest ends, and the old oak gets ready for winter sleep» 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/866-pg27200-part77/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:866-pg27200-part77:e1:1
# text = According to the narrator, which competitor was awarded the hand of the Princess?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	competitor	competitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	awarded	award	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **award** | past · passive |  | which competitor |  |  |  | accord the narrator | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal hand=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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the Flea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:866-pg27200-part77:e1:o1:1
# text = the Flea
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Flea	Flea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the Grasshopper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:866-pg27200-part77:e1:o2:1
# text = the Grasshopper
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Grasshopper	Grasshopper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the King

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:866-pg27200-part77:e1:o3:1
# text = the King
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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the Skipjack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:866-pg27200-part77:e1:o4:1
# text = the Skipjack
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Skipjack	skipjack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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