--- title: By what means was the Prince eventually released from his captivity… — pg640 tales, The Magic Ring: the Princ… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means was the Prince eventually released from his captivity in the cave? Exam question 3 of lesson 1682 «pg640 tales, The Magic Ring: the Prince is caught and chained in a cave» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1682-pg640-part6/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [pg640 tales, The Magic Ring: the Princ…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1682-pg640-part6/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · pg640 tales, The Magic Ring: the Prince is caught and chai… By what means was the Prince eventually released from his captivity in the cave? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** mean, be, release · **To what, where:** Prince, captivity · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 3 of lesson 1682 «pg640 tales, The Magic Ring: the Prince is caught and chained in a cave» 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/1682-pg640-part6/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1682-pg640-part6:e3:1 # text = By what means was the Prince eventually released from his captivity in the cave? 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 7 eventually eventually ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 released release VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 captivity captivity NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the Prince | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **release** | past | | | | his captivity | | in the cave; eventually *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer | 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} By a secret spell of his ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1682-pg640-part6:e3:o1:1 # text = By a secret spell of his 1 By by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spell** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} By a sorcerer's spell and charm ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1682-pg640-part6:e3:o2:1 # text = By a sorcerer's spell and charm 1 By by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sorcerer sorcerer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 charm charm NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spell** | | a sorcerer | | | | | | nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} By the old magician's use of magic ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1682-pg640-part6:e3:o3:1 # text = By the old magician's use of magic 1 By by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | | the old magician | magic | | | | | nom use «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} By the old magician's spell, after he tracked the Prince to the cave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1682-pg640-part6:e3:o4:1 # text = By the old magician's spell, after he tracked the Prince to the cave 1 By by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 after after SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 tracked track VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **track** | past | he | the Prince | | | | by the old magician's spell; to the cave | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent prince=Theme by spell=Location | | 2 | **spell** | | the old magician | | | | | | nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent | **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. 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