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title: Identify the person who requested that the nuptials be solemnised at… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the person who requested that the nuptials be solemnised at Montreux. Exam question 2 of lesson 863 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 74: Rudy and Babette near their wedding, then their boat drifts away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 74: Rudy and…

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Identify the person who requested that the nuptials be solemnised at Montreux.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, person · **What happens:** identify, request, solemnis · **To what, where:** person, nuptials, Montreux

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 863 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 74: Rudy and Babette near their wedding, then their boat drifts away» 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/863-pg27200-part74/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:863-pg27200-part74:e2:1
# text = Identify the person who requested that the nuptials be solemnised at Montreux.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	requested	request	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	nuptials	nuptial	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	solemnised	solemnis	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Montreux	Montreux	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the person |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme |
| 2 | **request** | past | the person |  |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **solemnis** | infinitive · passive |  | the nuptials |  | Montreux |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Babette's godmother, who had written a letter asking for the wedding to be held there

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:863-pg27200-part74:e2:o1:1
# text = Babette's godmother, who had written a letter asking for the wedding to be held there
1	Babette	Babette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	godmother	godmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	_
17	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past · perfect · passive |  | Babette's godmother |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient letter=Topic |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | a letter *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the wedding | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hold** | to-infinitive · passive | a letter *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V» |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Babette's old teacher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:863-pg27200-part74:e2:o2:1
# text = Babette's old teacher
1	Babette	Babette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Babette's godmother, the kind old lady who had raised her in the valley

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:863-pg27200-part74:e2:o3:1
# text = Babette's godmother, the kind old lady who had raised her in the valley
1	Babette	Babette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	godmother	godmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	raised	raise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | past · perfect · passive |  | the kind old lady |  | the valley |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme she=Destination |

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

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Babette's godmother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:863-pg27200-part74:e2:o4:1
# text = Babette's godmother
1	Babette	Babette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	godmother	godmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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