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title: Identify the person who first arranged the substitution of the royal… — Fairy Book, The Old Woman and the Prin… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the person who first arranged the substitution of the royal heir, according to the young man's account before the court. Exam question 2 of lesson 1280 «Fairy Book, The Old Woman and the Prince: a condemned youth wins a strange marriage and proves he is the king's true son» of the books cou
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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, The Old Woman and the Prince: a condemned yout…

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Identify the person who first arranged the substitution of the royal heir, according to the young man's account before the court.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, person, royal heir, young man · **What happens:** identify, arrange, accord, substitute, account · **To what, where:** person, substitution, account

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1280 «Fairy Book, The Old Woman and the Prince: a condemned youth wins a strange marriage and proves he is the king's true son» 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/1280-pg3454-part5/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1280-pg3454-part5:e2:1
# text = Identify the person who first arranged the substitution of the royal heir, according to the young man's account before the court.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
6	arranged	arrange	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	substitution	substitution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	heir	heir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	according	accord	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
21	before	before	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the person |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme |
| 2 | **arrange** | past | the person | the substitution of the royal heir |  |  |  | first *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent substitution=Product |
| 3 | **accord** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  | before the court | to the young man's account *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to account=Goal |
| 4 | **substitute** |  | the royal heir |  |  |  |  |  | nom substitution «event intransitive»: of=agent |
| 5 | **account** |  | the young man |  |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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The queen's own mother, who first proposed the whole scheme to the royal household during a long winter feast

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1280-pg3454-part5:e2:o1:1
# text = The queen's own mother, who first proposed the whole scheme to the royal household during a long winter feast
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	advmod	_	_
9	proposed	propose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	scheme	scheme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
17	during	during	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
19	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
20	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propose** | past | the queen's own mother | the whole scheme | the royal household |  | during a long winter feast | first *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent scheme=Theme to household=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The queen, who adopted the infant of a poor quarryman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1280-pg3454-part5:e2:o2:1
# text = The queen, who adopted the infant of a poor quarryman
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	infant	infant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	quarryman	quarryman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adopt** | past | the queen | the infant of a poor quarryman |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent infant=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A nurse who swapped the infants at birth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1280-pg3454-part5:e2:o3:1
# text = A nurse who swapped the infants at birth
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	swapped	swap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	infants	infant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | past | a nurse | the infants |  | birth |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent infant=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The king's chamberlain, who swapped the babies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1280-pg3454-part5:e2:o4:1
# text = The king's chamberlain, who swapped the babies
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	chamberlain	chamberlain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	swapped	swap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | past | the king's chamberlain | the babies |  |  |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme |

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