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description: What was the nature of the inscription which the Prince set upon the register of contenders? Exam question 3 of lesson 1888 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince signs up for the Ice Mountain quest, is wrecked, and frees a crew of enchanted sailors» of the books course of Mova'
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# Exam question 3 · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince…

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What was the nature of the inscription which the Prince set upon the register of contenders?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nature, Prince, contenders · **What happens:** be, set, register · **To what, where:** inscription, register

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1888 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince signs up for the Ice Mountain quest, is wrecked, and frees a crew of enchanted sailors» 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/1888-pg7277-part25/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:e3:1
# text = What was the nature of the inscription which the Prince set upon the register of contenders?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	inscription	inscription	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	register	register	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	contenders	contender	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the nature of the inscription |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **set** | past | the Prince | the inscription |  | the register of contenders |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme upon register=Destination |
| 3 | **register** |  | contenders |  |  |  |  |  | nom register «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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He signed the single name Mannikin, together with the address of his distant father's castle

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:e3:o1:1
# text = He signed the single name Mannikin, together with the address of his distant father's castle
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	signed	sign	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	address	address	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sign** | past | He | the single name |  |  |  | with the address of Mannikin's distant father's castle; together *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent name=Destination with address=Theme |
| 2 | **address** |  |  | Mannikin's distant father's castle |  |  |  |  | nom address «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He wrote the name Mannikin only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:e3:o2:1
# text = He wrote the name Mannikin only
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | He | the name |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He signed the single name Mannikin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:e3:o3:1
# text = He signed the single name Mannikin
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	signed	sign	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sign** | past | He | the single name |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent name=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He wrote out his full royal title and then added the single name Mannikin at the end of the list

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:e3:o4:1
# text = He wrote out his full royal title and then added the single name Mannikin at the end of the list
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	added	add	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write out** | past | He | his full royal title |  |  |  |  | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent title=Theme |
| 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | He *not said here* | the single name |  |  | at the end of the list; then |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient |
| 3 | **title** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom title «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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