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title: By what means did the Princess render the magician incapable of furt… — Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonder… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the Princess render the magician incapable of further mischief? Exam question 2 of lesson 1433 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 20: the palace flies home, and the magician's brother, disguised as Fatima, asks for a roc's egg» of the books course of Mova's prima
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# Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 20: t…

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By what means did the Princess render the magician incapable of further mischief?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Princess · **What happens:** mean, render · **To what, where:** magician incapable

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1433 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 20: the palace flies home, and the magician's brother, disguised as Fatima, asks for a roc's egg» 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/1433-pg503-part20/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1433-pg503-part20:e2:1
# text = By what means did the Princess render the magician incapable of further mischief?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	render	render	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	incapable	incapable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	mischief	mischief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **render** | past · do-support | the Princess | the magician incapable of further mischief |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incapable=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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by a trick at dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1433-pg503-part20:e2:o1:1
# text = by a trick at dinner
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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by secretly pouring a sleeping powder into his wine cup at the feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1433-pg503-part20:e2:o2:1
# text = by secretly pouring a sleeping powder into his wine cup at the feast
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	pouring	pour	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	powder	powder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | gerund |  | a sleeping powder |  | his wine cup |  | at the feast; secretly *property* | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent powder=Theme into cup=Destination |

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

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by administering a powder in his cup

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1433-pg503-part20:e2:o3:1
# text = by administering a powder in his cup
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	administering	administer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	powder	powder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **administer** | gerund |  | a powder |  | his cup |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent powder=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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by a spell in his wine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1433-pg503-part20:e2:o4:1
# text = by a spell in his wine
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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