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title: What was the specific object of the King's commission to the young m… — Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the specific object of the King's commission to the young messenger? Exam question 4 of lesson 1469 «Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb: Little Thumb tricks the Ogre, steals his boots and gold, and grows rich» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Exam question 4 · Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb: Little Thumb tricks…

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What was the specific object of the King's commission to the young messenger?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** specific object

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1469 «Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb: Little Thumb tricks the Ogre, steals his boots and gold, and grows rich» 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/1469-pg503-part56/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1469-pg503-part56:e4:1
# text = What was the specific object of the King's commission to the young messenger?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	specific	specific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	commission	commission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	messenger	messenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the specific object |  |  |  | of the King's commission to the young messenger | tree rules |

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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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To bring back reports on the enemy's distant army

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1469-pg503-part56:e4:o1:1
# text = To bring back reports on the enemy's distant army
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	reports	report	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring back** | to-infinitive |  | reports |  | the enemy's distant army |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent report=Theme on army=Destination |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The conveyance of intelligence concerning a distant battle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1469-pg503-part56:e4:o2:1
# text = The conveyance of intelligence concerning a distant battle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	conveyance	conveyance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concern** | gerund | the conveyance of intelligence *not said here* | a distant battle |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus battle=Experiencer |
| 2 | **convey** |  |  | intelligence |  |  |  |  | nom conveyance «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The delivery of a secret message concerning a distant battle and its outcome to the royal council

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1469-pg503-part56:e4:o3:1
# text = The delivery of a secret message concerning a distant battle and its outcome to the royal council
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	delivery	delivery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concern** | gerund | a secret message *not said here* | a distant battle and message's outcome |  |  |  | to the royal council | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus battle=Experiencer |
| 2 | **deliver** |  |  | a secret message |  |  |  |  | nom delivery «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The conveyance of detailed intelligence regarding a distant battle and the enemy's strength

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1469-pg503-part56:e4:o4:1
# text = The conveyance of detailed intelligence regarding a distant battle and the enemy's strength
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	conveyance	conveyance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	detailed	detailed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **convey** |  |  | detailed intelligence |  |  |  | regard a distant battle and the enemy's strength | nom conveyance «communication transitive»: of=patient regard=obl |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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