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description: Identify the means by which the vizier's son effected the escape of the horses from the enclosure. Exam question 2 of lesson 1852 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son, part 36: the prince falls for a fairy's reflection, and the friends escape the robbers» of the books course of Mova'
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# Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son, part…

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Identify the means by which the vizier's son effected the escape of the horses from the enclosure.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, the, son, horses · **What happens:** identify, mean, affect, escape · **To what, where:** escape · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1852 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son, part 36: the prince falls for a fairy's reflection, and the friends escape the robbers» 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/1852-pg7128-part36/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1852-pg7128-part36:e2:1
# text = Identify the means by which the vizier's son effected the escape of the horses from the enclosure.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	vizier	vizier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	effected	affect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	escape	escape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	enclosure	enclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **affect** | past | the vizier's son | the escape of the horses from the enclosure |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus escape=Experiencer |
| 4 | **escape** |  | the horses from the enclosure |  |  |  |  |  | nom escape «act intransitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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By repeating a charm that reduced their bulk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1852-pg7128-part36:e2:o1:1
# text = By repeating a charm that reduced their bulk
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	repeating	repeat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	bulk	bulk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | gerund |  | a charm |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charm=Eventuality |
| 2 | **reduce** | past | a charm | their bulk |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer bulk=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By repeating a charm that reduced their bulk until they could pass through the narrow door

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1852-pg7128-part36:e2:o2:1
# text = By repeating a charm that reduced their bulk until they could pass through the narrow door
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	repeating	repeat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	bulk	bulk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
13	through	through	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | gerund |  | a charm |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charm=Eventuality |
| 2 | **reduce** | past | a charm | their bulk |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer bulk=Patient |
| 3 | **pass** | could | they |  |  | the narrow door |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through door=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By driving them out through the broken gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1852-pg7128-part36:e2:o3:1
# text = By driving them out through the broken gate
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	driving	drive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive out** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  | the broken gate |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme through gate=Trajectory |
| 2 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By cutting the ropes that held them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1852-pg7128-part36:e2:o4:1
# text = By cutting the ropes that held them
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ropes	rope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | gerund |  | the ropes |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rope=Product |
| 2 | **hold** | past | the ropes | ropes *= rope* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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