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title: Which dignitary's letter, delivered to Farda-Kinbras, caused the cou… — Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which dignitary's letter, delivered to Farda-Kinbras, caused the court to deliberate in secrecy? Exam question 3 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
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# Exam question 3 · Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 28: M…

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Which dignitary's letter, delivered to Farda-Kinbras, caused the court to deliberate in secrecy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** letter, dignitary · **What happens:** deliver, cause, letter · **To what, where:** letter, Farda, court, secrecy

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:e3:1
# text = Which dignitary's letter, delivered to Farda-Kinbras, caused the court to deliberate in secrecy?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	dignitary	dignitary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	delivered	deliver	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Farda	Farda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Kinbras	Kinbras	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
12	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	iobj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	obl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	secrecy	secrecy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deliver** | participle |  | which dignitary's letter *not said here* | Farda and Kinbras |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to farda=Destination |
| 2 | **cause** | past | which dignitary's letter |  | the court | secrecy |  | to deliberate | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition court=Patient |
| 3 | **letter** |  | which dignitary |  |  |  |  |  | nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=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 Ambassador Brandatimor's sealed letter from the East

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:e3:o1:1
# text = the Ambassador Brandatimor's sealed letter from the East
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Ambassador	Ambassador	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Brandatimor	Brandatimor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	sealed	seal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	East	East	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **letter** |  | the Ambassador Brandatimor |  |  | the East |  |  | nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent from=place |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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the Ambassador Brandatimor's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:e3:o2:1
# text = the Ambassador Brandatimor's
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Ambassador	Ambassador	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Brandatimor	Brandatimor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the Queen's chamberlain's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:e3:o3:1
# text = the Queen's chamberlain's
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	chamberlain	chamberlain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the letter of the Ambassador Brandatimor's chancellor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:e3:o4:1
# text = the letter of the Ambassador Brandatimor's chancellor
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Ambassador	Ambassador	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Brandatimor	Brandatimor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	chancellor	chancellor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **letter** |  |  | the Ambassador Brandatimor's chancellor |  |  |  |  | nom letter «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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