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title: What was the purpose of Graciosa's request made to Percinet on the f… — Blue Fairy Book, Princess Graciosa and… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the purpose of Graciosa's request made to Percinet on the final day? Exam question 4 of lesson 1542 «Blue Fairy Book, Princess Graciosa and Prince Percinet, part 39: feathers instead of rods, a forest, and a crystal palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 4 · Blue Fairy Book, Princess Graciosa and Prince Percinet, pa…

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What was the purpose of Graciosa's request made to Percinet on the final day?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** purpose, request, Graciosa · **What happens:** be, make, purpose, request · **To what, where:** request

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1542 «Blue Fairy Book, Princess Graciosa and Prince Percinet, part 39: feathers instead of rods, a forest, and a crystal palace» 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/1542-pg540-part39/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:e4:1
# text = What was the purpose of Graciosa's request made to Percinet on the final day?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	Graciosa	Graciosa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Percinet	Percinet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl:agent	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the purpose of Graciosa's request |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | Graciosa's request *not said here* |  |  | day |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | Graciosa's request |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |
| 4 | **request** |  | Graciosa |  |  |  |  |  | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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to learn the reason given to the King for her disappearance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:e4:o1:1
# text = to learn the reason given to the King for her disappearance
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	learn	learn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	disappearance	disappearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | to-infinitive |  | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  | the reason *not said here* | the King |  |  | for her disappearance | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient for disappearance=Asset |
| 3 | **disappear** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom disappearance «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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to see the Queen again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:e4:o2:1
# text = to see the Queen again
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | to-infinitive |  | the Queen |  |  | again |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer queen=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to learn why the Queen dismissed her knights in shame

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:e4:o3:1
# text = to learn why the Queen dismissed her knights in shame
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	learn	learn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	dismissed	dismiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	knights	knight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **dismiss** | past | the Queen | Queen's knights |  | shame |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knight=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to find out what the King had been told about her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:e4:o4:1
# text = to find out what the King had been told about her
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find out** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive |  | the King |  |  |  | about her *= she* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient what=Topic |

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