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description: Pursuant to the prince's expressed wish, which object enabled his instantaneous conveyance to the terminus of the world? Exam question 1 of lesson 691 «Fairy Book, The Land of Immortality: the prince rides a ring to the world's end and finds a queen who wakes» of the books course of Mova's primary s
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, The Land of Immortality: the prince rides a ri…

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Pursuant to the prince's expressed wish, which object enabled his instantaneous conveyance to the terminus of the world?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, prince · **What happens:** express, enable, wish, convey · **To what, where:** instantaneous conveyance

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 691 «Fairy Book, The Land of Immortality: the prince rides a ring to the world's end and finds a queen who wakes» 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/691-pg2435-part31/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:691-pg2435-part31:e1:1
# text = Pursuant to the prince's expressed wish, which object enabled his instantaneous conveyance to the terminus of the world?
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	expressed	express	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	10	det	_	_
10	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	enabled	enable	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	instantaneous	instantaneous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	conveyance	conveyance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	terminus	terminus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **express** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **enable** | past | which object | object's instantaneous conveyance |  |  |  | to the prince's expressed wish; to the terminus of the world; pursuant *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **wish** |  | the prince |  |  |  |  |  | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 4 | **convey** |  | object |  |  |  |  |  | nom conveyance «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The gold ring bestowed upon him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:691-pg2435-part31:e1:o1:1
# text = The gold ring bestowed upon him
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	bestowed	bestow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bestow** | participle |  | the gold ring *not said here* |  |  |  | upon him *= he* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The old map he had found

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:691-pg2435-part31:e1:o2:1
# text = The old map he had found
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past · perfect | he | the old map *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent map=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The silver key given to him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:691-pg2435-part31:e1:o3:1
# text = The silver key given to him
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  | the silver key *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The enchanted gold ring bestowed upon him by the wise old king of the mountains

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:691-pg2435-part31:e1:o4:1
# text = The enchanted gold ring bestowed upon him by the wise old king of the mountains
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	bestowed	bestow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **bestow** | participle |  | the enchanted gold ring *not said here* |  |  |  | upon him *= he*; by the wise old king of the mountains | tree rules |

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