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title: Which object did the Prince employ in order to liberate the crew fro… — Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the Prince employ in order to liberate the crew from the arboreal enchantment? Exam question 1 of lesson 1888 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince signs up for the Ice Mountain quest, is wrecked, and frees a crew of enchanted sailors» of the books course of Mo
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# Exam question 1 · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince…

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Which object did the Prince employ in order to liberate the crew from the arboreal enchantment?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do, liberate · **To what, where:** Prince employ, crew, arboreal enchantment

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1888 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince signs up for the Ice Mountain quest, is wrecked, and frees a crew of enchanted sailors» 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/1888-pg7277-part25/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:e1:1
# text = Which object did the Prince employ in order to liberate the crew from the arboreal enchantment?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	employ	employ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	10	mark	_	_
8	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	fixed	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	liberate	liberate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	arboreal	arboreal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which object | the Prince employ |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality |
| 2 | **liberate** | to-infinitive | which object *not said here* | the crew |  | the arboreal enchantment |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent crew=Theme from enchantment=Source |

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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 {#o1}

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The heavy point of his hunting axe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:e1:o1:1
# text = The heavy point of his hunting axe
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point** |  |  | his hunting axe |  |  |  |  | nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The silver tip of his spear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:e1:o2:1
# text = The silver tip of his spear
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tip	tip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	spear	spear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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His sword

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:e1:o3:1
# text = His sword
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The sharp point of one of his arrows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:e1:o4:1
# text = The sharp point of one of his arrows
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	arrows	arrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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