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description: By what stratagem did the prince obtain provisions for the six princes? Exam question 3 of lesson 1846 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Youngest Princess, part 30: the prince turns handsome, tricks his brothers-in-law and is refused at the gate» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Youngest Princess, part 30: the pr…

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By what stratagem did the prince obtain provisions for the six princes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** stratagem, prince · **What happens:** do, obtain · **To what, where:** provisions

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1846 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Youngest Princess, part 30: the prince turns handsome, tricks his brothers-in-law and is refused at the gate» 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/1846-pg7128-part30/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1846-pg7128-part30:e3:1
# text = By what stratagem did the prince obtain provisions for the six princes?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	obtain	obtain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	provisions	provision	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | stratagem |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **obtain** | present | the prince | provisions |  |  |  | for the six princes | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent provision=Theme for prince=Asset |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He branded each back with a heated pice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1846-pg7128-part30:e3:o1:1
# text = He branded each back with a heated pice
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	branded	brand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	heated	heat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	pice	pice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brand** | past | He | each back |  |  |  | with a heated pice | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent back=Destination with pice=Theme |
| 2 | **heat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He branded each of the six princes' backs with a heated pice coin and got food

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1846-pg7128-part30:e3:o2:1
# text = He branded each of the six princes' backs with a heated pice coin and got food
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	branded	brand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	backs	back	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	heated	heat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
13	pice	pice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
17	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brand** | past | He | each |  |  |  | with a heated pice coin | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent each=Destination with coin=Theme |
| 2 | **heat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **get** | past | He *not said here* | food |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He marked each back with a heated coin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1846-pg7128-part30:e3:o3:1
# text = He marked each back with a heated coin
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	marked	mark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	heated	heat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mark** | past | He | each back |  |  |  | with a heated coin | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent back=Destination with coin=Theme |
| 2 | **heat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He pressed a red-hot pice onto each brother's back to mark them

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1846-pg7128-part30:e3:o4:1
# text = He pressed a red-hot pice onto each brother's back to mark them
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pressed	press	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pice	pice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	mark	mark	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | past | He | a red hot pice |  | each brother's back |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pice=Theme |
| 2 | **mark** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Destination |

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