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title: Which individual was the first recipient of the invitation to the nu… — Perrault's Tales, Donkey-Skin: the pri… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which individual was the first recipient of the invitation to the nuptials, notwithstanding his non-disclosure of the bride's identity? Exam question 2 of lesson 1094 «Perrault's Tales, Donkey-Skin: the princess is recognised and wed to the prince» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with 
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# Exam question 2 · Perrault's Tales, Donkey-Skin: the princess is recognised…

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Which individual was the first recipient of the invitation to the nuptials, notwithstanding his non-disclosure of the bride's identity?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** individual · **What happens:** be, notwithstand · **To what, where:** first recipient, non-disclosure

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1094 «Perrault's Tales, Donkey-Skin: the princess is recognised and wed to the prince» 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/1094-pg29021-part19/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1094-pg29021-part19:e2:1
# text = Which individual was the first recipient of the invitation to the nuptials, notwithstanding his non-disclosure of the bride's identity?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	individual	individual	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	recipient	recipient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	invitation	invitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	nuptials	nuptial	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	non-disclosure	non-disclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	's	PART	POS	_	19	case	_	_
21	identity	identity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | which individual | the first recipient |  |  |  | of the invitation to the nuptials | tree rules |
| 2 | **notwithstand** | gerund | which individual *not said here* | his non-disclosure of the bride's identity |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 Prince

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1094-pg29021-part19:e2:o1:1
# text = The Prince
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Prince	Prince	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 neighbouring Queen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1094-pg29021-part19:e2:o2:1
# text = The neighbouring Queen
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	neighbouring	neighbouring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The Princess's father

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1094-pg29021-part19:e2:o3:1
# text = The Princess's father
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	father	father	NOUN	NN	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 Prince's father

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1094-pg29021-part19:e2:o4:1
# text = The Prince's father
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	father	father	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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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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