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title: Which phrase did the Court Gazette employ in reference to the Rocket… — The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which phrase did the Court Gazette employ in reference to the Rocket's father? Exam question 4 of lesson 2039 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Remarkable Rocket, part 9: the fireworks start to chatter and the Rocket brags about himself» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 4 · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Remarkable Rocket, p…

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Which phrase did the Court Gazette employ in reference to the Rocket's father?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Gazette employ, reference

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 2039 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Remarkable Rocket, part 9: the fireworks start to chatter and the Rocket brags about himself» 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/2039-pg902-part9/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2039-pg902-part9:e4:1
# text = Which phrase did the Court Gazette employ in reference to the Rocket's father?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	Court	Court	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Gazette	Gazette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	employ	employ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Rocket	rocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which phrase | the Gazette employ |  | reference |  | to the Rocket's father | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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"a triumph of Pylotechnic art"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2039-pg902-part9:e4:o1:1
# text = "a triumph of Pylotechnic art"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	triumph	triumph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	Pylotechnic	Pylotechnic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **triumph** *in a quote* |  | Pylotechnic art |  |  |  |  |  | nom triumph «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"a marvel of pyrotechnic craft"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2039-pg902-part9:e4:o2:1
# text = "a marvel of pyrotechnic craft"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	marvel	marvel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	pyrotechnic	pyrotechnic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	craft	craft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marvel** *in a quote* |  | pyrotechnic craft |  |  |  |  |  | nom marvel «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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"a masterpiece of fireworks"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2039-pg902-part9:e4:o3:1
# text = "a masterpiece of fireworks"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	masterpiece	masterpiece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	fireworks	firework	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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"a triumph of Pylotechnic art and the finest display ever seen in the kingdom"

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2039-pg902-part9:e4:o4:1
# text = "a triumph of Pylotechnic art and the finest display ever seen in the kingdom"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	triumph	triumph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	Pylotechnic	Pylotechnic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	finest	fine	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	display	display	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	12	advmod	_	_
12	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *in a quote* | participle |  | the finest display *not said here* |  | the kingdom | ever |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **triumph** *in a quote* |  | Pylotechnic art |  |  |  |  |  | nom triumph «event intransitive»: of=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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