--- title: By what means did the jackal procure the butter from the farmhouse? — Jackal Tales, The Adventures of the Ja… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the jackal procure the butter from the farmhouse? Exam question 4 of lesson 1164 «Jackal Tales, The Adventures of the Jackal's Eldest Son, part 30: the jackal cheats the hyena, the lion, and the hedgehog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1164-pg3027-part30/e4/) [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/) / [Jackal Tales, The Adventures of the Ja…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1164-pg3027-part30/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Jackal Tales, The Adventures of the Jackal's Eldest Son, p… By what means did the jackal procure the butter from the farmhouse? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** jackal · **What happens:** mean, procure · **To what, where:** butter, farmhouse This is exam question 4 of lesson 1164 «Jackal Tales, The Adventures of the Jackal's Eldest Son, part 30: the jackal cheats the hyena, the lion, and the hedgehog» 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/1164-pg3027-part30/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1164-pg3027-part30:e4:1 # text = By what means did the jackal procure the butter from the farmhouse? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 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 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 jackal jackal NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 procure procure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 butter butter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 farmhouse farmhouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **procure** | past · do-support | the jackal | the butter | | the farmhouse | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent butter=Theme from farmhouse=Source | 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} By sending the hedgehog away and telling him lies about the jars ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1164-pg3027-part30:e4:o1:1 # text = By sending the hedgehog away and telling him lies about the jars 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 sending send VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 csubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hedgehog hedgehog NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ _ 9 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 about about ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 jars jar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send away** | gerund | | the hedgehog | | | | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hedgehog=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | hedgehog | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **lie** | present | sending | | | | | about the jars | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about jar=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} By breaking into the farmhouse at night through the window ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1164-pg3027-part30:e4:o2:1 # text = By breaking into the farmhouse at night through the window 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 breaking break VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 farmhouse farmhouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 through through ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | gerund | | | | the farmhouse | night | through the window | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through window=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} By deceiving the hedgehog ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1164-pg3027-part30:e4:o3:1 # text = By deceiving the hedgehog 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 deceiving deceive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hedgehog hedgehog NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deceive** | gerund | | the hedgehog | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hedgehog=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} By tricking the farmer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1164-pg3027-part30:e4:o4:1 # text = By tricking the farmer 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 tricking trick VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trick** | gerund | | the farmer | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farmer=Patient | **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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