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title: Where did the king send our lad, like, to some far-off province? — Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Where did the king send our lad, like, to some far-off province? Test 2 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the q
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# Test 2 · ★ · Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Where did the king send our lad, like, to some far-off province?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** be, send · **To what, where:** lad

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This is test 2 · ★ 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. 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:t2:1
# text = Where did the king send our lad, like, to some far-off province?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	send	send	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	det	_	_
13	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	off	off	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **send** | present | the king | our lad |  |  |  | like some province | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lad=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To the governor of the remote province beyond the desert hills, days away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:t2:o1:1
# text = To the governor of the remote province beyond the desert hills, days away
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	governor	governor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	remote	remote	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To some faraway province, a long trek across rivers and mountains by horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:t2:o2:1
# text = To some faraway province, a long trek across rivers and mountains by horse
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
3	faraway	faraway	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	trek	trek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
9	across	across	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To the governor, four or five days off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:t2:o3:1
# text = To the governor, four or five days off
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	governor	governor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	conj	_	_
8	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	parataxis	_	_
9	off	off	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To a distant town, some ten days north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:t2:o4:1
# text = To a distant town, some ten days north
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
7	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	north	north	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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

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