--- title: To whom did the King entrust the government during his absence? — Perrault, Sleeping Beauty, part 15: th… · tree and pragmatics description: To whom did the King entrust the government during his absence? Exam question 4 of lesson 1428 «Perrault, Sleeping Beauty, part 15: the Ogress Queen orders a tub of serpents for the family» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1428-pg503-part15/e4/) [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/) / [Perrault, Sleeping Beauty, part 15: th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1428-pg503-part15/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Perrault, Sleeping Beauty, part 15: the Ogress Queen order… To whom did the King entrust the government during his absence? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** King · **What happens:** entrust, absent · **To what, where:** government This is exam question 4 of lesson 1428 «Perrault, Sleeping Beauty, part 15: the Ogress Queen orders a tub of serpents for the family» 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/1428-pg503-part15/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1428-pg503-part15:e4:1 # text = To whom did the King entrust the government during his absence? 1 To to ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 0 root _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 entrust entrust VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 during during ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 absence absence NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **entrust** | past · do-support | the King | the government | | | during King's absence | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent government=Recipient | | 2 | **absent** | | King | | | | | | nom absence «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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} To the Queen his mother, who ruled the kingdom while he was away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1428-pg503-part15:e4:o1:1 # text = To the Queen his mother, who ruled the kingdom while he was away 1 To to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 ruled rule VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 while while SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 away away ADV RB _ 8 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rule** | past | his mother | the kingdom | | | | to the Queen | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | he | | | | | away *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} To the Queen his mother, who ruled from the palace with the household guard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1428-pg503-part15:e4:o2:1 # text = To the Queen his mother, who ruled from the palace with the household guard 1 To to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 ruled rule VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rule** | past | his mother | | | the palace | | with the household guard | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} To the Queen his mother ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1428-pg503-part15:e4:o3:1 # text = To the Queen his mother 1 To to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} To the chancellor and nobles ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1428-pg503-part15:e4:o4:1 # text = To the chancellor and nobles 1 To to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 chancellor chancellor NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 nobles noble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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