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title: By what means did the prince identify the true princess among the th… — Danish Tales, The Witch and the White… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the prince identify the true princess among the three disguised figures? Exam question 1 of lesson 1654 «Danish Tales, The Witch and the White Dove: the prince wins back the princess, and the couple escapes the witch» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Exam question 1 · Danish Tales, The Witch and the White Dove: the prince win…

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By what means did the prince identify the true princess among the three disguised figures?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prince, three · **What happens:** mean, identify, disguise · **To what, where:** true princess, figures

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1654 «Danish Tales, The Witch and the White Dove: the prince wins back the princess, and the couple escapes the witch» 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/1654-pg5615-part43/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1654-pg5615-part43:e1:1
# text = By what means did the prince identify the true princess among the three disguised figures?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
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	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	identify	identify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	among	among	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nsubj	_	_
14	disguised	disguise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
15	figures	figure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 | **identify** | past · do-support | the prince | the true princess |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent princess=Theme |
| 3 | **disguise** | past | the three | figures |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme figure=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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by the way she walked to the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1654-pg5615-part43:e1:o1:1
# text = by the way she walked to the door
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | she |  |  |  |  | by the way; to the door *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to door=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
by the gold ring upon her hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1654-pg5615-part43:e1:o2:1
# text = by the gold ring upon her hand
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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by her silver voice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1654-pg5615-part43:e1:o3:1
# text = by her silver voice
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	voice	voice	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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by the red silk thread upon her finger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1654-pg5615-part43:e1:o4:1
# text = by the red silk thread upon her finger
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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