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title: According to the King, what quality did the successful competitor po… — Andersen's Tales, The Last Dream of th… · tree and pragmatics
description: According to the King, what quality did the successful competitor possess? Exam question 2 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 dependency 
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Last Dream of the Old Oak, part 1: t…

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According to the King, what quality did the successful competitor possess?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** King · **What happens:** accord, possess

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:866-pg27200-part77:e2:1
# text = According to the King, what quality did the successful competitor possess?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
7	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	successful	successful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	competitor	competitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	possess	possess	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	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 | **possess** | past · do-support | the King |  |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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the possession of a head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:866-pg27200-part77:e2:o1:1
# text = the possession of a head
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** |  |  | a head |  |  |  |  | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the possession of a head and a voice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:866-pg27200-part77:e2:o2:1
# text = the possession of a head and a voice
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** |  |  | a head |  |  |  |  | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the ability to hold the Princess's hand firmly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:866-pg27200-part77:e2:o3:1
# text = the ability to hold the Princess's hand firmly
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ability	ability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	firmly	firmly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | to-infinitive |  | the Princess's hand |  |  |  | firmly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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great strength in his legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:866-pg27200-part77:e2:o4:1
# text = great strength in his legs
1	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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