--- title: Identify the agent by whom the charmed ring was ultimately retrieved… — Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring,… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the agent by whom the charmed ring was ultimately retrieved from the ogress's throat during the night. Exam question 4 of lesson 1834 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 18: the ring is stolen and the cat sets out to win it back» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1834-pg7128-part18/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 Charmed Ring,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1834-pg7128-part18/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 18: the ring is… Identify the agent by whom the charmed ring was ultimately retrieved from the ogress's throat during the night. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, charm, retrieve · **To what, where:** agent, charmed ring, throat This is exam question 4 of lesson 1834 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 18: the ring is stolen and the cat sets out to win it 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/1834-pg7128-part18/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:e4:1 # text = Identify the agent by whom the charmed ring was ultimately retrieved from the ogress's throat during the night. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 agent agent NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 1 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 charmed charm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 10 ultimately ultimately ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 retrieved retrieve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 ogress ogress NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 throat throat NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 during during ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the agent | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent agent=Theme | | 2 | **charm** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **retrieve** | past · passive | | the charmed ring | | the ogress's throat | night | ultimately *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from throat=Source | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} a rat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:e4:o1:1 # text = a rat 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} an ant ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:e4:o2:1 # text = an ant 1 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ant ant NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} an owl ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:e4:o3:1 # text = an owl 1 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 owl owl NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a dog ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:e4:o4:1 # text = a dog 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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