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title: By what means did the Prince ultimately recover the mare on the thir… — Fairy Tales (pg640), The Flower Queen'… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the Prince ultimately recover the mare on the third day of his task? Exam question 3 of lesson 1721 «Fairy Tales (pg640), The Flower Queen's Daughter, part 45: the Prince serves the Mother Dragon and calls three animal kings» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales (pg640), The Flower Queen's Daughter, part 45:…

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By what means did the Prince ultimately recover the mare on the third day of his task?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Prince · **What happens:** mean, recover, task · **To what, where:** mare · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1721 «Fairy Tales (pg640), The Flower Queen's Daughter, part 45: the Prince serves the Mother Dragon and calls three animal kings» 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/1721-pg640-part45/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1721-pg640-part45:e3:1
# text = By what means did the Prince ultimately recover the mare on the third day of his task?
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	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	recover	recover	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mare	mare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	14	amod	_	_
14	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	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 clause=Topic |
| 2 | **recover** | past · do-support | the Prince | the mare |  |  | day | ultimately *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mare=Theme |
| 3 | **task** |  | Prince |  |  |  |  |  | nom task «act transitive»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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By summoning the King of the Fishes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1721-pg640-part45:e3:o1:1
# text = By summoning the King of the Fishes
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	summoning	summon	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Fishes	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **summon** | gerund |  |  | the King of the Fishes |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By finally summoning the mighty King of the Fishes from the river deep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1721-pg640-part45:e3:o2:1
# text = By finally summoning the mighty King of the Fishes from the river deep
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	summoning	summon	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Fishes	Fish	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
13	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **summon** | gerund |  |  | the mighty King of the Fishes | the river |  | finally *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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By summoning the King of the Fishes with the little bell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1721-pg640-part45:e3:o3:1
# text = By summoning the King of the Fishes with the little bell
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	summoning	summon	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Fishes	Fish	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **summon** | gerund |  |  | the King of the Fishes |  |  | with the little bell | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By calling the King of the Eagles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1721-pg640-part45:e3:o4:1
# text = By calling the King of the Eagles
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Eagles	Eagle	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund |  |  | the King of the Eagles |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient |

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