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description: In what order are the attendants of the emperor arranged around the throne? Exam question 3 of lesson 734 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife: Ilsabill wants to be king, emperor, pope, then lord of the sun and moon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 3 · Grimm's Household Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife: Ilsab…

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In what order are the attendants of the emperor arranged around the throne?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, arrange · **To what, where:** attendants, order, emperor, throne

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 734 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife: Ilsabill wants to be king, emperor, pope, then lord of the sun and moon» 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/734-pg2591-part10/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:734-pg2591-part10:e3:1
# text = In what order are the attendants of the emperor arranged around the throne?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	attendants	attendant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	arranged	arrange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	around	around	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the attendants |  | what order |  | of the emperor | tree rules |
| 2 | **arrange** | participle |  | the emperor *not said here* |  | the throne |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent around throne=Destination |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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from tallest to smallest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:734-pg2591-part10:e3:o1:1
# text = from tallest to smallest
1	from	from	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	tallest	tall	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	smallest	small	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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from smallest to tallest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:734-pg2591-part10:e3:o2:1
# text = from smallest to tallest
1	from	from	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	smallest	small	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	tallest	tall	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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from the tallest giant down to the tiniest dwarf in the row

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:734-pg2591-part10:e3:o3:1
# text = from the tallest giant down to the tiniest dwarf in the row
1	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	tallest	tall	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	tiniest	tiny	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	row	row	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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from tallest to smallest, with the giants at the front

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:734-pg2591-part10:e3:o4:1
# text = from tallest to smallest, with the giants at the front
1	from	from	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	tallest	tall	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	smallest	small	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	giants	giant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	parataxis	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

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