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description: Which option accurately states the means by which the wife secured the king's son within the chest? Exam question 3 of lesson 244 «English Fairy Tales, Gobborn Seer: Jack's clever wife sends him back to tell a tale, and the king's son is trapped in a chest» of the books course of Mova's primary scho
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# Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, Gobborn Seer: Jack's clever wife send…

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Which option accurately states the means by which the wife secured the king's son within the chest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** option, the, wife · **What happens:** state, mean, secure · **To what, where:** son · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 244 «English Fairy Tales, Gobborn Seer: Jack's clever wife sends him back to tell a tale, and the king's son is trapped in a chest» 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/244-pg14241-part11/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:244-pg14241-part11:e3:1
# text = Which option accurately states the means by which the wife secured the king's son within the chest?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	option	option	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	states	state	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	nsubj	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	secured	secure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
16	within	within	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | present | which option |  |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **secure** | past | the wife | the king's son |  |  |  | within the chest | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition son=Theme |

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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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She locked him in with a silver key

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:244-pg14241-part11:e3:o1:1
# text = She locked him in with a silver key
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	locked	lock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | past | She | him *= he* |  |  |  | with a silver key | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with key=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She struck him upon the head with a tool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:244-pg14241-part11:e3:o2:1
# text = She struck him upon the head with a tool
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tool	tool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past | She | him *= he* |  |  |  | upon the head; with a tool | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with tool=Instrument |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She persuaded him to enter of his own accord

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:244-pg14241-part11:e3:o3:1
# text = She persuaded him to enter of his own accord
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	persuaded	persuade	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	enter	enter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	accord	accord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **persuade** | past | She | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **enter** | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of his own accord | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of accord=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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She seized him by the two heels and confined him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:244-pg14241-part11:e3:o4:1
# text = She seized him by the two heels and confined him
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	seized	seize	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	heels	heel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	confined	confine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seize** | past | She | him *= he* |  |  |  | by the two heels | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **confine** | past | She *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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