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title: Who got sent off as ambassador, like, the big boss job? — Andersen's Tales, A Story from the San… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who got sent off as ambassador, like, the big boss job? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 961 «Andersen's Tales, A Story from the Sand-Hills, part 2: a young Spanish couple sails toward Russia, but calm weather and then a storm blow their ship north» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, A Story from the Sand-Hills, part 2: a y…

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Who got sent off as ambassador, like, the big boss job?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** send off · **To what, where:** big boss job

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 961 «Andersen's Tales, A Story from the Sand-Hills, part 2: a young Spanish couple sails toward Russia, but calm weather and then a storm blow their ship north» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/961-pg27200-part172/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t5:1
# text = Who got sent off as ambassador, like, the big boss job?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	ambassador	ambassador	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send off** | past · passive |  | the big boss job |  |  |  | as ambassador | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination job=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 {#o1}

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the husband, to the Russian Court, with a big fancy title and a palace

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t5:o1:1
# text = the husband, to the Russian Court, with a big fancy title and a palace
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Russian	Russian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	amod	_	_
7	Court	Court	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the husband, to the Russian Court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t5:o2:1
# text = the husband, to the Russian Court
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Russian	Russian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	amod	_	_
7	Court	Court	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the husband, to the Russian Court, as a sailor and a spy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t5:o3:1
# text = the husband, to the Russian Court, as a sailor and a spy
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Russian	Russian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	amod	_	_
7	Court	Court	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	spy	spy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the merchant, to the Danish Court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t5:o4:1
# text = the merchant, to the Danish Court
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Danish	Danish	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Court	Court	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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