--- title: Which advice did Prince Mannikin tender to the Princess in response… — Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince… · tree and pragmatics description: Which advice did Prince Mannikin tender to the Princess in response to the Ambassador's demand? Exam question 4 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, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1891-pg7277-part28/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1891-pg7277-part28/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 28: M… Which advice did Prince Mannikin tender to the Princess in response to the Ambassador's demand? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** advice, Ambassador · **What happens:** do, demand · **To what, where:** Mannikin tender, response This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:e4:1 # text = Which advice did Prince Mannikin tender to the Princess in response to the Ambassador's demand? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:desc _ _ 5 Mannikin Mannikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 tender tender NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Ambassador Ambassador PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 demand demand NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which advice | Mannikin tender | | response to the Ambassador's demand | | to the Princess | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tender=Eventuality | | 2 | **demand** | | the Ambassador | | | | | | nom demand «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} to send the Ambassador home early ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:e4:o1:1 # text = to send the Ambassador home early 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 send send VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Ambassador Ambassador PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 home home ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | to-infinitive | | the Ambassador | | | | early, home *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ambassador=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} to delay her answer until the feast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:e4:o2:1 # text = to delay her answer until the feast 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 delay delay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 until until ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **delay** | to-infinitive | | her answer | | | until the feast | | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent answer=Source | | 2 | **answer** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} to refuse her answer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:e4:o3:1 # text = to refuse her answer 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 refuse refuse VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | to-infinitive | | her answer | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme | | 2 | **answer** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} to defer her answer until after the grand entry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:e4:o4:1 # text = to defer her answer until after the grand entry 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 defer defer VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 until until ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 entry entry NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **defer** | to-infinitive | | her answer | | | until the grand entry | | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent answer=Source | | 2 | **answer** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent | **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. 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