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title: Through which agency was the Prince finally roused from his slumber? — Violet Fairy Book, Prince Rainbow: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Through which agency was the Prince finally roused from his slumber? Exam question 1 of lesson 1707 «Violet Fairy Book, Prince Rainbow: the Princess wins her prince and becomes queen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Exam question 1 · Violet Fairy Book, Prince Rainbow: the Princess wins her p…

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Through which agency was the Prince finally roused from his slumber?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Prince, his · **What happens:** be, slumber · **To what, where:** agency

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1707 «Violet Fairy Book, Prince Rainbow: the Princess wins her prince and becomes queen» 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/1707-pg640-part31/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1707-pg640-part31:e1:1
# text = Through which agency was the Prince finally roused from his slumber?
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	agency	agency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	roused	rouse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
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	slumber	slumber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Prince |  |  | which agency |  | from his slumber; finally, rouse *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **slumber** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom slumber «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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the crystal bottle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1707-pg640-part31:e1:o1:1
# text = the crystal bottle
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	crystal	crystal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the siren let out of the glass jar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1707-pg640-part31:e1:o2:1
# text = the siren let out of the glass jar
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	siren	siren	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let out** | past | the siren | the glass jar |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jar=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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the syren released from the crystal bottle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1707-pg640-part31:e1:o3:1
# text = the syren released from the crystal bottle
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	syren	syren	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	released	release	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	crystal	crystal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **release** | participle |  | the syren *not said here* |  | the crystal bottle |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the mermaid freed from her bottle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1707-pg640-part31:e1:o4:1
# text = the mermaid freed from her bottle
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	freed	free	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **free** | past | the mermaid |  |  | mermaid's bottle |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

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