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title: Which three objects were despatched by the Sultan to the king with h… — Hungarian Fairy Tales, The Clever Yout… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which three objects were despatched by the Sultan to the king with his first communication, and what was the nature of the problem posed? Exam question 1 of lesson 672 «Hungarian Fairy Tales, The Clever Youth, part 12: the youth solves three riddles and outwits the Sultan's witch» of the books cours
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# Exam question 1 · Hungarian Fairy Tales, The Clever Youth, part 12: the yout…

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Which three objects were despatched by the Sultan to the king with his first communication, and what was the nature of the problem posed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sultan, king · **What happens:** despatch, be, pose, communicate · **To what, where:** three objects, nature, problem

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 672 «Hungarian Fairy Tales, The Clever Youth, part 12: the youth solves three riddles and outwits the Sultan's witch» 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/672-pg2435-part12/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:672-pg2435-part12:e1:1
# text = Which three objects were despatched by the Sultan to the king with his first communication, and what was the nature of the problem posed?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	obj	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	despatched	despatch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	15	amod	_	_
15	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
18	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	nsubj	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
25	posed	pose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **despatch** | past · passive | the Sultan | three objects |  |  |  | to the king with king's first communication | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the nature |  |  |  | of the problem | tree rules |
| 3 | **pose** | participle |  | the problem *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **communicate** |  | king |  |  |  |  |  | nom communication «communication intransitive»: 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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three foals, to determine their birth times

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:672-pg2435-part12:e1:o1:1
# text = three foals, to determine their birth times
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	foals	foal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	appos	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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three troughs, to determine which foal was born at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:672-pg2435-part12:e1:o2:1
# text = three troughs, to determine which foal was born at night
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	troughs	trough	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	appos	_	_
6	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	foal	foal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | to-infinitive |  | which foal |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foal=Topic |
| 2 | **bear** | past · passive |  | three troughs |  |  | night |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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three canes, to determine which grew nearest the root, which in the middle, which at the top

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:672-pg2435-part12:e1:o3:1
# text = three canes, to determine which grew nearest the root, which in the middle, which at the top
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	canes	cane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	appos	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	nearest	nearest	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **grow** | past |  |  |  |  |  | nearest the root and the middle at the top | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
three ropes, to determine the length of each cane

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:672-pg2435-part12:e1:o4:1
# text = three ropes, to determine the length of each cane
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	ropes	rope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	cane	cane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | to-infinitive | three ropes | the length of each cane |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent length=Topic |

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