Exam question 3 · pg640 tales, The Magic Ring: the Prince is caught and chai…

By what means was the Prince eventually released from his captivity in the cave?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: mean, be, release · To what, where: Prince, captivity · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1682 «pg640 tales, The Magic Ring: the Prince is caught and chained in a cave» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 Prince	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Prince	det
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 released	obl
7	eventually	eventually	ADV	_	8 released	advmod
8	released	release	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 captivity	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 captivity	nmod:poss
11	captivity	captivity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 released	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 cave	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cave	det
14	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 released	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a	past	the Prince			tree rules
3	release	past		his captivity	in the cave; eventually property	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer

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

Option 1

By a secret spell of his

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	4 spell	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 spell	det
3	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 spell	amod
4	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 his	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 spell	nmod:poss

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell		his = he						nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

By a sorcerer's spell and charm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	5 spell	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sorcerer	det
3	sorcerer	sorcerer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spell	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 sorcerer	case
5	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 charm	cc
7	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spell	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell		a sorcerer						nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

By the old magician's use of magic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	6 use	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 magician	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 magician	amod
4	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 use	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 magician	case
6	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 magic	case
8	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 use	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use		the old magician	magic					nom use «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 4

By the old magician's spell, after he tracked the Prince to the cave

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	6 spell	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 magician	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 magician	amod
4	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spell	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 magician	case
6	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tracked	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 spell	punct
8	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 tracked	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 tracked	nsubj
10	tracked	track	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Prince	det
12	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 tracked	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 cave	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cave	det
15	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tracked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	track	past	he	the Prince				by the old magician's spell; to the cave	vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent prince=Theme by spell=Location
2	spell		the old magician						nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent

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