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title: In what manner was the young traveller elevated to the office of Emir? — Fairy Gifts, Sylvia and the Flower Fai… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner was the young traveller elevated to the office of Emir? Exam question 1 of lesson 1878 «Fairy Gifts, Sylvia and the Flower Fairy, part 15: Sylvia visits three princesses and reports on each» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Gifts, Sylvia and the Flower Fairy, part 15: Sylvia…

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In what manner was the young traveller elevated to the office of Emir?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, elevate · **To what, where:** young traveller, manner, office

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1878 «Fairy Gifts, Sylvia and the Flower Fairy, part 15: Sylvia visits three princesses and reports on each» 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/1878-pg7277-part15/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1878-pg7277-part15:e1:1
# text = In what manner was the young traveller elevated to the office of Emir?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	traveller	traveller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	elevated	elevate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Emir	Emir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the young traveller |  | what manner |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **elevate** | participle |  | the young traveller *not said here* |  | the office of Emir |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to office=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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by a vote of the old council

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1878-pg7277-part15:e1:o1:1
# text = by a vote of the old council
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** |  |  | the old council |  |  |  |  | nom vote «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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by his father's will

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1878-pg7277-part15:e1:o2:1
# text = by his father's will
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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by a royal decree signed in the palace after a long debate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1878-pg7277-part15:e1:o3:1
# text = by a royal decree signed in the palace after a long debate
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	decree	decree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	signed	sign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	debate	debate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sign** | participle |  | a royal decree *not said here* |  | the palace | after a long debate |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent in palace=Destination |

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

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by the spontaneous acclamation of a crowd that followed a pigeon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1878-pg7277-part15:e1:o4:1
# text = by the spontaneous acclamation of a crowd that followed a pigeon
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	spontaneous	spontaneous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	acclamation	acclamation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pigeon	pigeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | past | a crowd | a pigeon |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pigeon=Theme |
| 2 | **acclaim** |  |  | a crowd |  |  |  |  | nom acclamation «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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