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title: Through what passage did the prince first gain access to the subterr… — Arabian Nights, The Young King of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Through what passage did the prince first gain access to the subterranean palace? Exam question 4 of lesson 173 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13: robbed, a poor wood-cutter, finds a princess underground» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13…

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Through what passage did the prince first gain access to the subterranean palace?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, gain · **To what, where:** prince, passage, access

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 173 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13: robbed, a poor wood-cutter, finds a princess underground» 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/173-pg128-part13/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:e4:1
# text = Through what passage did the prince first gain access to the subterranean palace?
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	_
8	gain	gain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	access	access	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	subterranean	subterranean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the prince |  | what passage |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality |
| 2 | **gain** | present |  | access |  |  |  | to the subterranean palace *result*; first *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient access=Extent to palace=Result |

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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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a gate beneath a cracked wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:e4:o1:1
# text = a gate beneath a cracked wall
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	cracked	crack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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a secret tunnel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:e4:o2:1
# text = a secret tunnel
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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a trapdoor beneath an iron ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:e4:o3:1
# text = a trapdoor beneath an iron ring
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trapdoor	trapdoor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	iron	iron	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a stone slab under a tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:e4:o4:1
# text = a stone slab under a tree
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	slab	slab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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