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description: Which entity was instructed by the monarch to construct a palace, bridge and ecclesiastical edifice within a period of four and twenty hours? Exam question 1 of lesson 1719 «Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Widow's Son, part 43: the King jails Martin, and his animal friends steal rolls to save him» o
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Widow's Son, part 43: the…

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Which entity was instructed by the monarch to construct a palace, bridge and ecclesiastical edifice within a period of four and twenty hours?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** monarch · **What happens:** instruct, construct · **To what, where:** entity, palace

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1719 «Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Widow's Son, part 43: the King jails Martin, and his animal friends steal rolls to save him» 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/1719-pg640-part43/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1719-pg640-part43:e1:1
# text = Which entity was instructed by the monarch to construct a palace, bridge and ecclesiastical edifice within a period of four and twenty hours?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	entity	entity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	instructed	instruct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	construct	construct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	ecclesiastical	ecclesiastical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	edifice	edifice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
17	within	within	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
21	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	24	nummod	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	conj	_	_
24	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **instruct** *speech: other* | past · passive | the monarch | which entity |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **construct** | to-infinitive | the monarch *not said here* | a palace and bridge and ecclesiastical edifice |  |  |  | within a period of four hours | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Result |

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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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The Princess's guard, as ordered by the King

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1719-pg640-part43:e1:o1:1
# text = The Princess's guard, as ordered by the King
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	ordered	order	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | participle |  | the Princess's guard *not said here* |  |  |  | by the King | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The son of the old woman, as commanded by the King and the royal council

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1719-pg640-part43:e1:o2:1
# text = The son of the old woman, as commanded by the King and the royal council
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	commanded	command	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **command** | participle |  | the son of the old woman and the royal council *not said here* |  |  |  | by the King | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent by king=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The baker's cat, as ordered by the Princess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1719-pg640-part43:e1:o3:1
# text = The baker's cat, as ordered by the Princess
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	baker	baker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	ordered	order	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | participle |  | the baker's cat *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Princess | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The son of the old woman, as commanded by the King

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1719-pg640-part43:e1:o4:1
# text = The son of the old woman, as commanded by the King
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	commanded	command	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **command** | participle |  | the son of the old woman *not said here* |  |  |  | by the King | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent by king=Eventuality |

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