--- title: Which of the following was the prince's means of reaching the kettle… — Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess Labam… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following was the prince's means of reaching the kettle-drum? Exam question 4 of lesson 1820 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess Labam: the prince wins her with ants, tigers, a flying bed and a hair» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1820-pg7128-part4/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess Labam…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1820-pg7128-part4/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess Labam: the prince wins he… Which of the following was the prince's means of reaching the kettle-drum? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, be, mean, reach · **To what, where:** kettle drum This is exam question 4 of lesson 1820 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess Labam: the prince wins her with ants, tigers, a flying bed and a hair» 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/1820-pg7128-part4/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1820-pg7128-part4:e4:1 # text = Which of the following was the prince's means of reaching the kettle-drum? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 2 of of SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 case _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 of of SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 reaching reach VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 kettle kettle NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | follow the prince | tree rules | | 3 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **reach** | gerund | | the kettle drum | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent drum=Theme | 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} a horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1820-pg7128-part4:e4:o1:1 # text = a horse 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a ladder ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1820-pg7128-part4:e4:o2:1 # text = a ladder 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ladder ladder NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} his magic bed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1820-pg7128-part4:e4:o3:1 # text = his magic bed 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a flying carpet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1820-pg7128-part4:e4:o4:1 # text = a flying carpet 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 3 carpet carpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | gerund | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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