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title: Which official conveyed the two royal prisoners down into the dungeon? — Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which official conveyed the two royal prisoners down into the dungeon? Exam question 3 of lesson 1526 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 23: the wicked nurse plans to swap her daughter for the Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 3 · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 23: the wicked n…

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Which official conveyed the two royal prisoners down into the dungeon?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** official · **What happens:** convey · **To what, where:** two royal prisoners, dungeon

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1526 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 23: the wicked nurse plans to swap her daughter for the Princess» 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/1526-pg540-part23/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1526-pg540-part23:e3:1
# text = Which official conveyed the two royal prisoners down into the dungeon?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	official	official	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	prisoners	prisoner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
8	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convey** | past | which official | the two royal prisoners |  | the dungeon |  | down *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prisoner=Topic |

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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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guard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1526-pg540-part23:e3:o1:1
# text = guard
1	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the steward

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1526-pg540-part23:e3:o2:1
# text = the steward
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	steward	steward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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the gaoler

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1526-pg540-part23:e3:o3:1
# text = the gaoler
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gaoler	gaoler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the boatman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1526-pg540-part23:e3:o4:1
# text = the boatman
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boatman	boatman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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