--- title: On whose behalf did the Ambassador Fanfaronade come to fetch the Pri… — Blue Fairy Book, Princess Mayblossom,… · tree and pragmatics description: On whose behalf did the Ambassador Fanfaronade come to fetch the Princess? Exam question 1 of lesson 1508 «Blue Fairy Book, Princess Mayblossom, part 5: a stormy procession, a cursed scarf, a midnight escape by boat» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1508-pg540-part5/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/) / [Blue Fairy Book, Princess Mayblossom,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1508-pg540-part5/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Blue Fairy Book, Princess Mayblossom, part 5: a stormy pro… On whose behalf did the Ambassador Fanfaronade come to fetch the Princess? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ambassador Fanfaronade · **What happens:** do, come, fetch · **To what, where:** behalf, Princess This is exam question 1 of lesson 1508 «Blue Fairy Book, Princess Mayblossom, part 5: a stormy procession, a cursed scarf, a midnight escape by boat» 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/1508-pg540-part5/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1508-pg540-part5:e1:1 # text = On whose behalf did the Ambassador Fanfaronade come to fetch the Princess? 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 behalf behalf NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Ambassador Ambassador PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Fanfaronade Fanfaronade PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | behalf | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | present | the Ambassador Fanfaronade | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | the Ambassador Fanfaronade *not said here* | the Princess | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} King Merlin's son ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1508-pg540-part5:e1:o1:1 # text = King Merlin's son 1 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ _ 2 Merlin Merlin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the Duke of Bruges ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1508-pg540-part5:e1:o2:1 # text = the Duke of Bruges 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Bruges Bruges PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} King Pompon's heir ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1508-pg540-part5:e1:o3:1 # text = King Pompon's heir 1 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ _ 2 Pompon Pompon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 4 heir heir NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} the young Prince of Westphalia himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1508-pg540-part5:e1:o4:1 # text = the young Prince of Westphalia himself 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Westphalia Westphalia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 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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