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title: With reference to the passage, which command did the youngest prince… — West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bell… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the passage, which command did the youngest prince place upon the Queen following his victory at cards? Exam question 1 of lesson 1516 «West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the three princes set out with the Thief of Sloan to reach the Knight's castle» of the books cou
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# Exam question 1 · West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the thre…

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With reference to the passage, which command did the youngest prince place upon the Queen following his victory at cards?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, follow · **To what, where:** youngest prince place, victory, cards

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1516 «West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the three princes set out with the Thief of Sloan to reach the Knight's castle» 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/1516-pg540-part13/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1516-pg540-part13:e1:1
# text = With reference to the passage, which command did the youngest prince place upon the Queen following his victory at cards?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	8	det	_	_
8	command	command	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	amod	_	_
12	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	victory	victory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	cards	card	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the youngest prince place |  |  |  | with reference to the passage and which command; upon the Queen | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Eventuality |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  | his victory |  | cards |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent victory=Theme at card=Trajectory |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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That she stand on the tower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1516-pg540-part13:e1:o1:1
# text = That she stand on the tower
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | infinitive | That |  |  | the tower |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on tower=Location |

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

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That she stand on the highest tower with sheaf corn and cold water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1516-pg540-part13:e1:o2:1
# text = That she stand on the highest tower with sheaf corn and cold water
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	sheaf	sheaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | infinitive | That |  |  | the highest tower with sheaf corn and cold water |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on tower=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That she sit at the gate with sheaf corn and a sack of silver coins

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1516-pg540-part13:e1:o3:1
# text = That she sit at the gate with sheaf corn and a sack of silver coins
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	sheaf	sheaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | infinitive | That |  |  | the gate |  | with sheaf corn and a sack of silver coins | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at gate=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That she stand on the highest wall with cold water and bread for days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1516-pg540-part13:e1:o4:1
# text = That she stand on the highest wall with cold water and bread for days
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | infinitive | That |  |  | the highest wall | day | with cold water and bread | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wall=Location |

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