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title: Which fruit did the Prior of Saint Amand dispatch to the Lord of Ave… — Yellow Fairy Book, The Three Oranges,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which fruit did the Prior of Saint Amand dispatch to the Lord of Avesnes, as recorded in the letter? Exam question 4 of lesson 1563 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Three Oranges, part 60: Désiré oils the gate, pleases the helpers, and reaches a thirsty sandy plain» of the books course of Mova's primary scho
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# Exam question 4 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Three Oranges, part 60: Désiré oils…

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Which fruit did the Prior of Saint Amand dispatch to the Lord of Avesnes, as recorded in the letter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fruit, Prior · **What happens:** do, record, dispatch · **To what, where:** Amand dispatch, letter

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1563 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Three Oranges, part 60: Désiré oils the gate, pleases the helpers, and reaches a thirsty sandy plain» 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/1563-pg540-part60/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1563-pg540-part60:e4:1
# text = Which fruit did the Prior of Saint Amand dispatch to the Lord of Avesnes, as recorded in the letter?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Prior	Prior	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Saint	Saint	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	Amand	Amand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	dispatch	dispatch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Avesnes	Avesnes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which fruit | the Prior of Saint's Amand dispatch |  |  |  | to the Lord of Avesnes | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dispatch=Eventuality |
| 2 | **record** | participle | which fruit *not said here* |  |  | the letter |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in letter=Destination |
| 3 | **dispatch** |  | the Prior of Saint |  |  |  |  |  | nom dispatch «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Golden apples from a sunny field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1563-pg540-part60:e4:o1:1
# text = Golden apples from a sunny field
1	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sunny	sunny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Lemons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1563-pg540-part60:e4:o2:1
# text = Lemons
1	Lemons	lemon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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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Oranges, described as golden fruit from a sunlit land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1563-pg540-part60:e4:o3:1
# text = Oranges, described as golden fruit from a sunlit land
1	Oranges	orange	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	sunlit	sunlit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | participle · passive |  | Oranges |  | a sunlit land |  | as golden fruit | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as fruit=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Quinces from a sunny land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1563-pg540-part60:e4:o4:1
# text = Quinces from a sunny land
1	Quinces	quince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sunny	sunny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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