--- title: State the means by which the Invisible Prince was enabled to survive… — Fairy Book, The Invisible Prince: Gnom… · tree and pragmatics description: State the means by which the Invisible Prince was enabled to survive beneath the water. Exam question 2 of lesson 1699 «Fairy Book, The Invisible Prince: Gnome learns his rival's name, and Rosalie reaches the Golden Isle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1699-pg640-part23/e2/) [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/) / [Fairy Book, The Invisible Prince: Gnom…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1699-pg640-part23/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, The Invisible Prince: Gnome learns his rival's… State the means by which the Invisible Prince was enabled to survive beneath the water. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** State, Invisible Prince · **What happens:** mean, enable, survive · **To what, where:** Invisible Prince, water · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 2 of lesson 1699 «Fairy Book, The Invisible Prince: Gnome learns his rival's name, and Rosalie reaches the Golden Isle» 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/1699-pg640-part23/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1699-pg640-part23:e2:1 # text = State the means by which the Invisible Prince was enabled to survive beneath the water. 1 State state NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Invisible Invisible PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 enabled enable VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 survive survive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | State | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **enable** | past · passive | | the Invisible Prince | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **survive** | to-infinitive | the Invisible Prince *not said here* | | | the water | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath water=Location | 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 means of an enchanted pearl, a shell and the Giant's silver ring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1699-pg640-part23:e2:o1:1 # text = By means of an enchanted pearl, a shell and the Giant's silver ring 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 pearl pearl NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 shell shell NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 12 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | | | | | | of a enchanted pearl and the Giant silver ring | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **enchant** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Because of a magic lantern ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1699-pg640-part23:e2:o2:1 # text = Because of a magic lantern 1 Because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 5 case _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 lantern lantern NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Through the magic ring that the old Giant had placed upon his finger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1699-pg640-part23:e2:o3:1 # text = Through the magic ring that the old Giant had placed upon his finger 1 Through through ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 11 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **place** | past · perfect · passive | the magic ring *not said here* | the old Giant | | his finger | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme upon finger=Destination | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Through the Giant's ring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1699-pg640-part23:e2:o4:1 # text = Through the Giant's ring 1 Through through ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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