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title: Identify the means by which the giant's threat against the sea-dwell… — Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the means by which the giant's threat against the sea-dwelling brothers was communicated to the knight's daughter. Exam question 2 of lesson 1142 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 8: Ian frees the knight's daughter, kills the giant, and is left behind on the island» of the bo
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# Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 8: Ian fre…

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Identify the means by which the giant's threat against the sea-dwelling brothers was communicated to the knight's daughter.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, the · **What happens:** identify, mean, dwell, communicate · **To what, where:** threat, daughter · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1142 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 8: Ian frees the knight's daughter, kills the giant, and is left behind on the island» 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/1142-pg3027-part8/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1142-pg3027-part8:e2:1
# text = Identify the means by which the giant's threat against the sea-dwelling brothers was communicated to the knight's daughter.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	threat	threat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	against	against	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
12	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	dwelling	dwell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	amod	_	_
15	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	communicated	communicate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	's	PART	POS	_	20	case	_	_
22	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **dwell** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **communicate** | past · passive |  | the giant's threat against the dwelling brothers | the knight's daughter |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to daughter=Recipient |

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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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Through a message the giant sent by his brother from the hunting hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1142-pg3027-part8:e2:o1:1
# text = Through a message the giant sent by his brother from the hunting hill
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | participle |  | a message *not said here* |  | the hunting hill |  | by his brother | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from hill=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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By the giant's own declaration upon returning from the hunting hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1142-pg3027-part8:e2:o2:1
# text = By the giant's own declaration upon returning from the hunting hill
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	declaration	declaration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	returning	return	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | gerund | the giant's own declaration *not said here* |  |  | the hunting hill |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from hill=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **declare** |  | the giant |  |  |  |  |  | nom declaration «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Through the witch's messenger at the gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1142-pg3027-part8:e2:o3:1
# text = Through the witch's messenger at the gate
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	messenger	messenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By the giant's own loud declaration upon his return from the distant hunting hill at dusk

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1142-pg3027-part8:e2:o4:1
# text = By the giant's own loud declaration upon his return from the distant hunting hill at dusk
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	declaration	declaration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** |  | the giant |  |  |  |  | upon giant's return from the distant hunting hill at dusk | nom declaration «communication transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl |
| 2 | **return** |  | giant |  |  | the distant hunting hill at dusk |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent from=place |

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