--- title: To which emperor did Charney address his written petition concerning… — Famous Tales, Picciola, part 21: Charn… · tree and pragmatics description: To which emperor did Charney address his written petition concerning the preservation of the plant? Exam question 1 of lesson 361 «Famous Tales, Picciola, part 21: Charney's plant is saved, and Mignon dances» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/361-pg18442-part21/e1/) [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/) / [Famous Tales, Picciola, part 21: Charn…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/361-pg18442-part21/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Famous Tales, Picciola, part 21: Charney's plant is saved,… To which emperor did Charney address his written petition concerning the preservation of the plant? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Charney, written petition · **What happens:** address, write, concern, petition, preserve · **To what, where:** written petition, preservation, plant This is exam question 1 of lesson 361 «Famous Tales, Picciola, part 21: Charney's plant is saved, and Mignon dances» 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/361-pg18442-part21/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:361-pg18442-part21:e1:1 # text = To which emperor did Charney address his written petition concerning the preservation of the plant? 1 To to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Charney Charney PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 address address VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 petition petition NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 preservation preservation NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **address** | past · do-support | Charney | Charney's written petition | | | | to which emperor | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent petition=Destination | | 2 | **write** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **concern** | gerund | Charney's written petition *not said here* | the preservation of the plant | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus preservation=Experiencer | | 4 | **petition** | | Charney | | | | | | nom petition «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 5 | **preserve** | | | the plant | | | | | nom preservation «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Napoleon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:361-pg18442-part21:e1:o1:1 # text = Napoleon 1 Napoleon Napoleon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The emperor of Austria and the king of Prussia ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:361-pg18442-part21:e1:o2:1 # text = The emperor of Austria and the king of Prussia 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Austria Austria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Prussia Prussia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Frederick ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:361-pg18442-part21:e1:o3:1 # text = Frederick 1 Frederick Frederick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Napoleon the first emperor of the French ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:361-pg18442-part21:e1:o4:1 # text = Napoleon the first emperor of the French 1 Napoleon Napoleon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 French French ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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