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title: What procedure did the princess employ to expose the false claimant? — Fairy Book, The Red Knight: the prince… · tree and pragmatics
description: What procedure did the princess employ to expose the false claimant? Exam question 2 of lesson 1230 «Fairy Book, The Red Knight: the prince proves his deeds and the wicked knight is hanged» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, The Red Knight: the prince proves his deeds an…

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What procedure did the princess employ to expose the false claimant?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** procedure · **What happens:** do, expose · **To what, where:** princess employ, false claimant

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1230 «Fairy Book, The Red Knight: the prince proves his deeds and the wicked knight is hanged» 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/1230-pg3282-part31/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1230-pg3282-part31:e2:1
# text = What procedure did the princess employ to expose the false claimant?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	procedure	procedure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	employ	employ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	expose	expose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	claimant	claimant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | procedure | the princess employ |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **expose** | to-infinitive | procedure *not said here* | the false claimant |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot claimant=Topic |

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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 {#o1}

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She dismissed the guests from the feast hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1230-pg3282-part31:e2:o1:1
# text = She dismissed the guests from the feast hall
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dismissed	dismiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dismiss** | past | She | the guests |  | the feast hall |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent guest=Theme from hall=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She ordered the sword to be tested by the nobles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1230-pg3282-part31:e2:o2:1
# text = She ordered the sword to be tested by the nobles
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	tested	test	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	nobles	noble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past | She | the sword |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sword=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **test** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | the nobles |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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She summoned the royal physician to examine the knight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1230-pg3282-part31:e2:o3:1
# text = She summoned the royal physician to examine the knight
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	summoned	summon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	physician	physician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	examine	examine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **summon** | past | She | the royal physician |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent physician=Recipient |
| 2 | **examine** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the knight |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knight=Theme |

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

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She commanded him to transform repeatedly before the assembled guests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1230-pg3282-part31:e2:o4:1
# text = She commanded him to transform repeatedly before the assembled guests
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	commanded	command	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	transform	transform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	assembled	assemble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **command** | past | She | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **transform** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  | before the assembled guests | repeatedly *property* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **assemble** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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