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description: In formal terms, through which agency was the white cow dispatched to Celandine? Exam question 2 of lesson 1885 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Featherhead, part 22: Celandine gets a white cow, then the Prince finds her and they ride off to the Leafy Palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wi
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# Exam question 2 · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Featherhead, part 22: Celandine ge…

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In formal terms, through which agency was the white cow dispatched to Celandine?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** agency, white cow · **What happens:** be, dispatch · **To what, where:** Celandine, formal terms

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1885 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Featherhead, part 22: Celandine gets a white cow, then the Prince finds her and they ride off to the Leafy Palace» 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/1885-pg7277-part22/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1885-pg7277-part22:e2:1
# text = In formal terms, through which agency was the white cow dispatched to Celandine?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
6	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	agency	agency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Celandine	Celandine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | which agency |  |  |  |  | through the white cow | tree rules |
| 2 | **dispatch** | past | the white cow |  | Celandine | formal terms |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to celandine=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The Fairy of the Beech-Woods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1885-pg7277-part22:e2:o1:1
# text = The Fairy of the Beech-Woods
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	Beech	Beech	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Woods	Woods	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Fairy of the Beech-Woods, acting through her messenger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1885-pg7277-part22:e2:o2:1
# text = The Fairy of the Beech-Woods, acting through her messenger
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	Beech	Beech	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Woods	Woods	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	acting	act	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
10	through	through	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	messenger	messenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | gerund | the Fairy of the Beech Woods *not said here* |  |  | Fairy's messenger |  |  | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Elf of the Oak-Glades

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1885-pg7277-part22:e2:o3:1
# text = The Elf of the Oak-Glades
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Elf	Elf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	Oak	Oak	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Glades	Glade	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Pixie of the Willow-Marsh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1885-pg7277-part22:e2:o4:1
# text = The Pixie of the Willow-Marsh
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Pixie	Pixie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	Willow	Willow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Marsh	Marsh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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