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title: With reference to the passage, state the animal upon which the princ… — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Daught… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the passage, state the animal upon which the prince and the giant's daughter escape from the castle. Exam question 4 of lesson 1322 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Daughter, part 47: the prince and the giant's daughter escape on the blue-grey mare» of the books course of Mova's pr
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# Exam question 4 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Daughter, part 47: the pri…

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With reference to the passage, state the animal upon which the prince and the giant's daughter escape from the castle.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** escape · **To what, where:** castle

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1322 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Daughter, part 47: the prince and the giant's daughter escape on the blue-grey mare» 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/1322-pg3454-part47/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1322-pg3454-part47:e4:1
# text = With reference to the passage, state the animal upon which the prince and the giant's daughter escape from the castle.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	obl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
19	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl:relcl	_	_
20	from	from	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escape** | infinitive | the prince and the giant's daughter |  |  | the castle |  | upon the animal | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from castle=Initial\_Location |

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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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the blue-grey mare taken from the stable at the back of the castle

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1322-pg3454-part47:e4:o1:1
# text = the blue-grey mare taken from the stable at the back of the castle
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mare	mare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stable	stable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | participle |  | the grey mare *not said here* |  | the stable |  | at the back of the castle | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent from stable=Source at back=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the brown stallion kept near the gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1322-pg3454-part47:e4:o2:1
# text = the brown stallion kept near the gate
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stallion	stallion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | participle |  | the brown stallion *not said here* |  | the gate |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent near gate=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the grey donkey in the byre

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1322-pg3454-part47:e4:o3:1
# text = the grey donkey in the byre
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	byre	byre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the blue-grey mare taken from the stable

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1322-pg3454-part47:e4:o4:1
# text = the blue-grey mare taken from the stable
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mare	mare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stable	stable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | participle |  | the grey mare *not said here* |  | the stable |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from stable=Initial\_Location |

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