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title: What was the item used by Kisa to convey the princess from the cave… — Gutenberg 3282, Kisa the Cat, Kisa res… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the item used by Kisa to convey the princess from the cave to her dwelling? Exam question 2 of lesson 1245 «Gutenberg 3282, Kisa the Cat, Kisa rescues Ingibjorg from the giant and claims her reward» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Exam question 2 · Gutenberg 3282, Kisa the Cat, Kisa rescues Ingibjorg from…

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What was the item used by Kisa to convey the princess from the cave to her dwelling?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, use, convey · **To what, where:** item, princess, cave

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1245 «Gutenberg 3282, Kisa the Cat, Kisa rescues Ingibjorg from the giant and claims her reward» 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/1245-pg3282-part46/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1245-pg3282-part46:e2:1
# text = What was the item used by Kisa to convey the princess from the cave to her dwelling?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Kisa	Kisa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl:agent	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	convey	convey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the item |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | the item *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **convey** | to-infinitive |  | the princess |  | the cave |  | to princess's dwelling | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent princess=Theme from cave=Initial\_Location to dwelling=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 {#o1}

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A golden carriage with white horses that the king had sent for her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1245-pg3282-part46:e2:o1:1
# text = A golden carriage with white horses that the king had sent for her
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	carriage	carriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	acl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · perfect | the king | white horses *not said here* |  |  |  | for her *= she* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A large wooden cart drawn by a fine grey horse from the palace stables

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1245-pg3282-part46:e2:o2:1
# text = A large wooden cart drawn by a fine grey horse from the palace stables
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	stables	stable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | participle |  | a large wooden cart *not said here* |  |  |  | by a fine grey horse; from the palace stables | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from stable=Co-Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A cart drawn by a horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1245-pg3282-part46:e2:o3:1
# text = A cart drawn by a horse
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A carriage with a driver

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1245-pg3282-part46:e2:o4:1
# text = A carriage with a driver
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	carriage	carriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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