--- title: Which agent was ultimately responsible for the prince's return from… — Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Which agent was ultimately responsible for the prince's return from the grasp of Death? Exam question 3 of lesson 692 «Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part 32: the prince wakes the dead and Death loses his prize, then a stone-cutter wishes for more» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/692-pg2435-part32/e3/) [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/) / [Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/692-pg2435-part32/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part 32: the prince wake… Which agent was ultimately responsible for the prince's return from the grasp of Death? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** agent, prince · **What happens:** be, return, grasp · **To what, where:** grasp, Death This is exam question 3 of lesson 692 «Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part 32: the prince wakes the dead and Death loses his prize, then a stone-cutter wishes for more» 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/692-pg2435-part32/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:e3:1 # text = Which agent was ultimately responsible for the prince's return from the grasp of Death? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 agent agent NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 ultimately ultimately ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 responsible responsible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 grasp grasp NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Death Death PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | which agent | | | | | for the prince's return from the grasp of Death; responsible, ultimately *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **return** | | the prince | | | the grasp of Death | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent from=place | | 3 | **grasp** | | | Death | | | | | nom grasp «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Death ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:e3:o1:1 # text = Death 1 Death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The Queen of the Immortals ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:e3:o2:1 # text = The Queen of the Immortals 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Immortals Immortal PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The queen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:e3:o3:1 # text = The queen 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The king of the eagles ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:e3:o4:1 # text = The king of the eagles 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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