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title: Which event in the passage most directly leads to the declaration of… — Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocke… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which event in the passage most directly leads to the declaration of war against Farda-Kinbras? Exam question 1 of lesson 1892 «Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war, and Brandatimor defeated» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war,…

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Which event in the passage most directly leads to the declaration of war against Farda-Kinbras?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** event · **What happens:** lead, declare · **To what, where:** war

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1892 «Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war, and Brandatimor defeated» 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/1892-pg7277-part29/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1892-pg7277-part29:e1:1
# text = Which event in the passage most directly leads to the declaration of war against Farda-Kinbras?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	leads	lead	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	declaration	declaration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	against	against	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Farda	Farda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	Kinbras	Kinbras	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | present | which event in the passage |  |  |  |  | to the declaration of war against Farda and Kinbras; directly *property* | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to declaration=Patient |
| 2 | **declare** |  |  | war against Farda and Kinbras |  |  |  |  | nom declaration «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 death of the Farda-Kinbras general

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1892-pg7277-part29:e1:o1:1
# text = The death of the Farda-Kinbras general
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	Farda	Farda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Kinbras	Kinbras	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	general	general	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** |  | the Kinbras general |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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The King's refusal to receive the Ambassador

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1892-pg7277-part29:e1:o2:1
# text = The King's refusal to receive the Ambassador
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	refusal	refusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	receive	receive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Ambassador	Ambassador	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | to-infinitive |  | the Ambassador |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ambassador=Theme |
| 2 | **refuse** |  | the King |  |  |  |  |  | nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Ambassador's splendid parade through the city streets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1892-pg7277-part29:e1:o3:1
# text = The Ambassador's splendid parade through the city streets
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Ambassador	Ambassador	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	splendid	splendid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	parade	parade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Ambassador's flight from the capital

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1892-pg7277-part29:e1:o4:1
# text = The Ambassador's flight from the capital
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Ambassador	Ambassador	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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