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title: Identify the magical instrument by means of which Lady Jamila restor… — Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 5:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the magical instrument by means of which Lady Jamila restored the prince to his human form. Exam question 2 of lesson 1204 «Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 5: the deer-prince is caught by Jamila, who breaks the spell and sends him off to find the Simurgh» of the books course of Mova's pr
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# Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 5: the deer-prince is c…

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Identify the magical instrument by means of which Lady Jamila restored the prince to his human form.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Lady, his · **What happens:** identify, mean, restore, form · **To what, where:** magical instrument, prince, human form · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1204 «Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 5: the deer-prince is caught by Jamila, who breaks the spell and sends him off to find the Simurgh» 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/1204-pg3282-part5/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1204-pg3282-part5:e2:1
# text = Identify the magical instrument by means of which Lady Jamila restored the prince to his human form.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	magical	magical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	instrument	instrument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
9	Lady	Lady	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	Jamila	Jamila	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	_
11	restored	restore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 magical instrument |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent instrument=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **restore** | past | Lady | the prince | his human form |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Theme to form=Recipient |
| 4 | **form** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A cup of water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1204-pg3282-part5:e2:o1:1
# text = A cup of water
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A sword, drawn across the deer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1204-pg3282-part5:e2:o2:1
# text = A sword, drawn across the deer
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	across	across	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | participle |  | a sword *not said here* |  | the deer |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A magic stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1204-pg3282-part5:e2:o3:1
# text = A magic stone
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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A stick, struck upon the deer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1204-pg3282-part5:e2:o4:1
# text = A stick, struck upon the deer
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | participle |  | a stick *not said here* |  | the deer |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon deer=Location |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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