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title: Identify the substance which the crow conveyed in her beak from the… — pg641, the prince and his beasts, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the substance which the crow conveyed in her beak from the three wells to the deceased prince. Exam question 1 of lesson 1757 «pg641, the prince and his beasts, part 8: the prince is killed and a crow brings him back to life» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency
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# Exam question 1 · pg641, the prince and his beasts, part 8: the prince is ki…

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Identify the substance which the crow conveyed in her beak from the three wells to the deceased prince.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, convey, decease · **To what, where:** substance, deceased prince, beak

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1757 «pg641, the prince and his beasts, part 8: the prince is killed and a crow brings him back to life» 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/1757-pg641-part8/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1757-pg641-part8:e1:1
# text = Identify the substance which the crow conveyed in her beak from the three wells to the deceased prince.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	beak	beak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	wells	well	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	amod	_	_
18	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the substance |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent substance=Theme |
| 2 | **convey** | participle · passive |  | the substance | the deceased prince | crow's beak |  | from the three wells | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme from well=Initial\_Location to prince=Destination |
| 3 | **decease** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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}

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wine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1757-pg641-part8:e1:o1:1
# text = wine
1	wine	wine	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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water from the three wells

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1757-pg641-part8:e1:o2:1
# text = water from the three wells
1	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	wells	well	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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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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water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1757-pg641-part8:e1:o3:1
# text = water
1	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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milk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1757-pg641-part8:e1:o4:1
# text = milk
1	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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