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description: State the means by which the Prince is enabled to summon the eagle to his aid. Exam question 2 of lesson 1716 «Russian Fairy Tales, Iwanich and the Witch's Horses, part 40: the fish, the eagle and the fox help Iwanich get the horses back» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Fairy Tales, Iwanich and the Witch's Horses, part…

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State the means by which the Prince is enabled to summon the eagle to his aid.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** State, Prince · **What happens:** mean, enable, summon · **To what, where:** Prince, eagle · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1716 «Russian Fairy Tales, Iwanich and the Witch's Horses, part 40: the fish, the eagle and the fox help Iwanich get the horses back» 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/1716-pg640-part40/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1716-pg640-part40:e2:1
# text = State the means by which the Prince is enabled to summon the eagle to his aid.
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	9	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	enabled	enable	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	summon	summon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	aid	aid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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** | present · passive |  | the Prince |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **summon** | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* |  | the eagle |  |  | to Prince's aid | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eagle=Recipient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He must tie the feather to his arm and climb the highest mountain in the land.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1716-pg640-part40:e2:o1:1
# text = He must tie the feather to his arm and climb the highest mountain in the land.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	tie	tie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	feather	feather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	climb	climb	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	amod	_	_
13	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | must | He | the feather |  |  |  | to his arm | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent feather=Patient to arm=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **climb** | present | He *not said here* | the highest mountain |  | the land |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location mountain=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He must blow the feather into the air.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1716-pg640-part40:e2:o2:1
# text = He must blow the feather into the air.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	blow	blow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	feather	feather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | must | He | the feather |  | the air |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent feather=Material into air=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He must carry the feather across the sea and blow it upon the old stone altar.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1716-pg640-part40:e2:o3:1
# text = He must carry the feather across the sea and blow it upon the old stone altar.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	feather	feather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	across	across	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	blow	blow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | must | He | the feather |  | the sea |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Theme |
| 2 | **blow** | infinitive | He *not said here* | feather |  |  |  | upon the old stone altar | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He must wave the feather at the sky.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1716-pg640-part40:e2:o4:1
# text = He must wave the feather at the sky.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	wave	wave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	feather	feather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | must | He | the feather |  | the sky |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient |

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