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title: To whom did the prince assign the task of retrieving the sword? — Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Giant · tree and pragmatics
description: To whom did the prince assign the task of retrieving the sword? Exam question 2 of lesson 685 «Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Giant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Giant

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To whom did the prince assign the task of retrieving the sword?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prince, task · **What happens:** assign, retrieve · **To what, where:** task, sword

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 685 «Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Giant» 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/685-pg2435-part25/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:685-pg2435-part25:e2:1
# text = To whom did the prince assign the task of retrieving the sword?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	assign	assign	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	retrieving	retrieve	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assign** | past · do-support | the prince | the task |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent task=Theme to whom=Goal |
| 2 | **retrieve** | gerund | the task *not said here* | the sword |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To the fox, the squirrel, the ape and the old hound from the village

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:685-pg2435-part25:e2:o1:1
# text = To the fox, the squirrel, the ape and the old hound from the village
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	squirrel	squirrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ape	ape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	hound	hound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To all the animals of the forest, including the fox, squirrel and ape

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:685-pg2435-part25:e2:o2:1
# text = To all the animals of the forest, including the fox, squirrel and ape
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	including	including	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	squirrel	squirrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	ape	ape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To the fox, the bear and the crow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:685-pg2435-part25:e2:o3:1
# text = To the fox, the bear and the crow
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To the fox, the squirrel and the ape

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:685-pg2435-part25:e2:o4:1
# text = To the fox, the squirrel and the ape
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	squirrel	squirrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ape	ape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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