--- title: To whom did the King transmit his order of execution? — Project Gutenberg pg503, Princess Mira… · tree and pragmatics description: To whom did the King transmit his order of execution? Exam question 1 of lesson 1464 «Project Gutenberg pg503, Princess Miranda, part 51: the King orders Miranda killed, and her faithful animals die for her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1464-pg503-part51/e1/) [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/) / [Project Gutenberg pg503, Princess Mira…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1464-pg503-part51/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Project Gutenberg pg503, Princess Miranda, part 51: the Ki… To whom did the King transmit his order of execution? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** King · **What happens:** transmit, order · **To what, where:** order, execution This is exam question 1 of lesson 1464 «Project Gutenberg pg503, Princess Miranda, part 51: the King orders Miranda killed, and her faithful animals die for her» 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/1464-pg503-part51/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1464-pg503-part51:e1:1 # text = To whom did the King transmit his order of execution? 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 transmit transmit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 execution execution NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **transmit** | past · do-support | the King | King's order of execution | | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | | 2 | **order** | | King | execution | | | | | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | 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} To the Captain of his Bodyguard and his household ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1464-pg503-part51:e1:o1:1 # text = To the Captain of his Bodyguard and his household 1 To to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Captain Captain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 Bodyguard Bodyguard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} To the Captain of the Guard, who was also the King's cousin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1464-pg503-part51:e1:o2:1 # text = To the Captain of the Guard, who was also the King's cousin 1 To to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Captain Captain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Guard Guard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 10 also also ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the Captain of the Guard | the King's cousin | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} To the Captain of his Bodyguard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1464-pg503-part51:e1:o3:1 # text = To the Captain of his Bodyguard 1 To to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Captain Captain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 Bodyguard bodyguard NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} To the head of the palace guards ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1464-pg503-part51:e1:o4:1 # text = To the head of the palace guards 1 To to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 head head 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 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` 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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