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title: Which artificial object was delivered to the Emperor in a box at the… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingal… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which artificial object was delivered to the Emperor in a box at the close of this part? Exam question 4 of lesson 1743 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale, part 67: the Emperor hears of the bird, and the little kitchenmaid leads the Court to her in the wood» of the books course of Mova's prima
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale, part 67: the Empe…

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Which artificial object was delivered to the Emperor in a box at the close of this part?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** deliver · **To what, where:** Emperor, box

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1743 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale, part 67: the Emperor hears of the bird, and the little kitchenmaid leads the Court to her in the wood» 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/1743-pg640-part67/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1743-pg640-part67:e4:1
# text = Which artificial object was delivered to the Emperor in a box at the close of this part?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	artificial	artificial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	delivered	deliver	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	close	close	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	det	_	_
17	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deliver** | past · passive |  |  | the Emperor | a box at the close of this part |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to emperor=Destination |

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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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A mechanical bird of gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1743-pg640-part67:e4:o1:1
# text = A mechanical bird of gold
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	mechanical	mechanical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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An artificial nightingale set with jewels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1743-pg640-part67:e4:o2:1
# text = An artificial nightingale set with jewels
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	artificial	artificial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	nightingale	nightingale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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An artificial nightingale set with jewels and sent from Japan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1743-pg640-part67:e4:o3:1
# text = An artificial nightingale set with jewels and sent from Japan
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	artificial	artificial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	nightingale	nightingale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | participle · passive |  | a artificial nightingale set with jewels |  | Japan |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from japan=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A golden toy bird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1743-pg640-part67:e4:o4:1
# text = A golden toy bird
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bird	bird	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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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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