--- title: Which instruction in the altered letter directed that the marriage t… — Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and t… · tree and pragmatics description: Which instruction in the altered letter directed that the marriage take place? Exam question 3 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 and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1255-pg3282-part56/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1255-pg3282-part56/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56… Which instruction in the altered letter directed that the marriage take place? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** instruction, marriage · **What happens:** alter, direct, take · **To what, where:** place This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:e3:1 # text = Which instruction in the altered letter directed that the marriage take place? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 instruction instruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 altered alter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 directed direct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 12 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **alter** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **direct** | past | which instruction in the altered letter | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | infinitive | the marriage | place | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | 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} Keep the marriage secret for a year ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:e3:o1:1 # text = Keep the marriage secret for a year 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | the marriage secret | | | year | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Let the governor decide the date of the wedding later when convenient ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:e3:o2:1 # text = Let the governor decide the date of the wedding later when convenient 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 governor governor NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 decide decide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 12 advmod _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 12 convenient convenient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | the governor | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **decide** | infinitive | the governor *not said here* | the date of the wedding | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent date=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} Delay the wedding until spring comes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:e3:o3:1 # text = Delay the wedding until spring comes 1 Delay delay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 until until SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **delay** | imperative | you *not said here* | the wedding | | | | | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent wedding=Source | | 2 | **come** | present | spring | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Marry the messenger openly at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:e3:o4:1 # text = Marry the messenger openly at once 1 Marry marry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 openly openly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** | imperative | you *not said here* | the messenger | | | | openly *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Patient | **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. 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