--- title: Which conveyance did the prince employ to return from Bengal, and by… — Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Which conveyance did the prince employ to return from Bengal, and by what mechanism was it set in motion? Exam question 2 of lesson 224 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 64: the prince flies home, and the angry Indian plots revenge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dep --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/224-pg128-part64/e2/) [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/) / [Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/224-pg128-part64/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 64: the prince f… Which conveyance did the prince employ to return from Bengal, and by what mechanism was it set in motion? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** conveyance · **What happens:** do, return, set · **To what, where:** prince employ, Bengal, mechanism, motion This is exam question 2 of lesson 224 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 64: the prince flies home, and the angry Indian plots revenge» 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/224-pg128-part64/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:224-pg128-part64:e2:1 # text = Which conveyance did the prince employ to return from Bengal, and by what mechanism was it set in motion? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 conveyance conveyance 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 NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 employ employ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Bengal Bengal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 parataxis _ _ 15 mechanism mechanism NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl:relcl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 motion motion NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which conveyance | the prince employ | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality | | 2 | **return** | to-infinitive | which conveyance *not said here* | the prince employ *not said here* | | Bengal | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from bengal=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **set** | past · passive | | mechanism | | motion | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in motion=Destination | 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} The enchanted horse, set in motion by a screw ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:224-pg128-part64:e2:o1:1 # text = The enchanted horse, set in motion by a screw 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 motion motion NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 screw screw NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enchant** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **set** | participle | | the enchanted horse *not said here* | | motion | | by a screw | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in motion=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} The flying horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:224-pg128-part64:e2:o2:1 # text = The flying horse 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 3 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | gerund | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} A magic horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:224-pg128-part64:e2:o3:1 # text = A magic horse 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The enchanted horse, moved by pulling a silver rein ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:224-pg128-part64:e2:o4:1 # text = The enchanted horse, moved by pulling a silver rein 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 acl _ _ 6 by by SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 pulling pull VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 rein rein NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enchant** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **move** | participle | | the enchanted horse *not said here* | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **pull** | gerund | | a silver rein | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rein=Theme | **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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