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description: Pursuant to the prince's claim, by what token did the princess establish his identity? Exam question 1 of lesson 1847 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and Katar, part 31: the prince proves he is the husband, then reveals he is the King's son» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dep
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# Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and Katar, part 31: the pri…

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Pursuant to the prince's claim, by what token did the princess establish his identity?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** claim, prince · **What happens:** establish, claim · **To what, where:** identity

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1847 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and Katar, part 31: the prince proves he is the husband, then reveals he is the King's son» 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/1847-pg7128-part31/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1847-pg7128-part31:e1:1
# text = Pursuant to the prince's claim, by what token did the princess establish his identity?
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
10	token	token	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	establish	establish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	identity	identity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** | past · do-support | the prince's claim | token's identity |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Patient |
| 2 | **claim** |  | the prince |  |  |  |  |  | nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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By the necklace, ring and handkerchief presented in evidence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1847-pg7128-part31:e1:o1:1
# text = By the necklace, ring and handkerchief presented in evidence
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	necklace	necklace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	presented	present	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **present** | participle |  | handkerchief *not said here* |  | evidence |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By the letter sealed by the court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1847-pg7128-part31:e1:o2:1
# text = By the letter sealed by the court
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	sealed	seal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seal** | participle |  | the letter *not said here* |  |  |  | by the court | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By the necklace, ring and handkerchief presented in evidence, along with the testimony of every servant in the palace

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1847-pg7128-part31:e1:o3:1
# text = By the necklace, ring and handkerchief presented in evidence, along with the testimony of every servant in the palace
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	necklace	necklace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	presented	present	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	along	along	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	testimony	testimony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **present** | participle |  | handkerchief *not said here* |  | evidence |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **testify** |  | every servant in the palace |  |  |  |  |  | nom testimony «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By the sword, shield and royal seal presented before the council

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1847-pg7128-part31:e1:o4:1
# text = By the sword, shield and royal seal presented before the council
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	shield	shield	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	seal	seal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
9	presented	present	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	before	before	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **present** | participle |  | royal seal *not said here* |  |  | before the council |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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