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description: Which measure did the King and Queen request from the Fairy upon learning of the theft? Exam question 2 of lesson 1891 «Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 28: Mannikin wins the joust and the Ambassador's insolent letter arrives» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Exam question 2 · Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 28: M…

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Which measure did the King and Queen request from the Fairy upon learning of the theft?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** King · **What happens:** measure, do, request

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1891 «Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 28: Mannikin wins the joust and the Ambassador's insolent letter arrives» 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/1891-pg7277-part28/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:e2:1
# text = Which measure did the King and Queen request from the Fairy upon learning of the theft?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	measure	measure	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	request	request	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	learning	learning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	theft	theft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **request** | present | the King and Queen |  |  |  |  | from the Fairy upon learning of the theft | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=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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the locking of the Princess's chambers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:e2:o1:1
# text = the locking of the Princess's chambers
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	locking	locking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	chambers	chamber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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the hiding of the portrait

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:e2:o2:1
# text = the hiding of the portrait
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hiding	hiding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	portrait	portrait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the summoning of the royal physician

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:e2:o3:1
# text = the summoning of the royal physician
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	summoning	summoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	physician	physician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **summon** |  |  | the royal physician |  |  |  |  | nom summoning «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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

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the sending of the Princess's portrait abroad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:e2:o4:1
# text = the sending of the Princess's portrait abroad
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sending	send	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	portrait	portrait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of the Princess's portrait; abroad *property* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent of portrait=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **portray** |  | the Princess |  |  |  |  |  | nom portrait «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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