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description: Which instruction did the king give concerning the delivery of the sealed packet? Exam question 1 of lesson 1255 «Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56: the princess swaps a letter and a wedding is ordered» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 1 · Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56…

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Which instruction did the king give concerning the delivery of the sealed packet?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** instruction, king · **What happens:** do, give, concern, seal, deliver · **To what, where:** delivery, sealed packet

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1255 «Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56: the princess swaps a letter and a wedding is ordered» 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/1255-pg3282-part56/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:e1:1
# text = Which instruction did the king give concerning the delivery of the sealed packet?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	instruction	instruction	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	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	delivery	delivery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	sealed	seal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	packet	packet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which instruction |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present | the king |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the king *not said here* | the delivery of the sealed packet |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus delivery=Experiencer |
| 4 | **seal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **deliver** |  |  | the sealed packet |  |  |  |  | nom delivery «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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To carry it in secret to the court physician

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:e1:o1:1
# text = To carry it in secret to the court physician
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	carry	carry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	physician	physician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | to-infinitive |  | it |  | secret |  | to the court physician | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to physician=Destination |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To deliver it personally and only to the governor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:e1:o2:1
# text = To deliver it personally and only to the governor
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	deliver	deliver	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	personally	personally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	governor	governor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deliver** | to-infinitive |  | it |  |  |  | personally *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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To deliver it to the governor's steward first and let him pass it on later

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:e1:o3:1
# text = To deliver it to the governor's steward first and let him pass it on later
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	deliver	deliver	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	governor	governor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	steward	steward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
16	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deliver** | to-infinitive |  | it |  | the governor's steward |  | first *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to steward=Destination |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **pass on** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | steward |  |  |  | late *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To leave it with any official at the gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:e1:o4:1
# text = To leave it with any official at the gate
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	obl	_	_
6	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	fixed	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | to-infinitive |  | it |  | the gate |  | with any | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme at gate=Location |

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