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title: Which article did the third dove direct the prince to try upon his f… — Lang's Fairy Book, The Prince and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which article did the third dove direct the prince to try upon his finger? Exam question 2 of lesson 1813 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Prince and the Doves: the prince escapes his father's trap, forgets his bride, and wins her back» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 2 · Lang's Fairy Book, The Prince and the Doves: the prince es…

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Which article did the third dove direct the prince to try upon his finger?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** article, third dove · **What happens:** do, direct, try · **To what, where:** prince

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1813 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Prince and the Doves: the prince escapes his father's trap, forgets his bride, and wins her back» 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/1813-pg641-part64/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1813-pg641-part64:e2:1
# text = Which article did the third dove direct the prince to try upon his finger?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	article	article	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	6	det	_	_
5	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	direct	direct	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which article |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **direct** | present | the third dove | the prince |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent prince=Theme |
| 3 | **try** | to-infinitive | the third dove *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon dove's finger | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1813-pg641-part64:e2:o1:1
# text = A ring
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ring	ring	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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A scarf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1813-pg641-part64:e2:o2:1
# text = A scarf
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scarf	scarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A feather tied with silver thread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1813-pg641-part64:e2:o3:1
# text = A feather tied with silver thread
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feather	feather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | participle |  | a feather *not said here* |  |  |  | with silver thread | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient with thread=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A golden ring set with a red stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1813-pg641-part64:e2:o4:1
# text = A golden ring set with a red stone
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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