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# Exam question 3 · Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa…

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By what means did Makoma avoid death after being dashed upon the ground by Sakatirina?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Makoma, Sakatirina · **What happens:** mean, avoid, dash · **To what, where:** death, ground

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1137 «Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa frees a python king and is promised a reward» 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/1137-pg3027-part3/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:e3:1
# text = By what means did Makoma avoid death after being dashed upon the ground by Sakatirina?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Makoma	Makoma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	dashed	dash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Sakatirina	Sakatirina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **avoid** | past · do-support | Makoma | death |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **dash** | gerund · passive | Sakatirina |  |  | the ground |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon ground=Trajectory |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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he got up and wrestled more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:e3:o1:1
# text = he got up and wrestled more
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wrestled	wrestle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get up** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **wrestle** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he crawled off and was healed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:e3:o2:1
# text = he crawled off and was healed
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	crawled	crawl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	healed	heal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crawl off** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **heal** | past · passive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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he hid away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:e3:o3:1
# text = he hid away
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide away** | past | he |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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he rose stronger and wrestled on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:e3:o4:1
# text = he rose stronger and wrestled on
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wrestled	wrestle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | past | he |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wrestle on** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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