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title: exam: By what means was Jose protected from the boiling oil? — Spanish Tales, Bella-Flor, the horse h… · tree and pragmatics
description: exam: By what means was Jose protected from the boiling oil? Exam question 2 of lesson 1187 «Spanish Tales, Bella-Flor, the horse helps Jose win back the three lost things and survive the oil, and a new tale begins with a crystal cradle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Exam question 2 · Spanish Tales, Bella-Flor, the horse helps Jose win back t…

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exam: By what means was Jose protected from the boiling oil?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** exam · **What happens:** mean, protect · **To what, where:** exam

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1187 «Spanish Tales, Bella-Flor, the horse helps Jose win back the three lost things and survive the oil, and a new tale begins with a crystal cradle» 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/1187-pg3027-part53/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1187-pg3027-part53:e2:1
# text = exam: By what means was Jose protected from the boiling oil?
1	exam	exam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	Jose	Jose	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	protected	protect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	boiling	boiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | exam |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **protect** | past · passive |  | exam |  |  |  | from the boiling oil | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from oil=Theme |

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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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by the sweat that the horse had rubbed into his flesh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1187-pg3027-part53:e2:o1:1
# text = by the sweat that the horse had rubbed into his flesh
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sweat	sweat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	rubbed	rub	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | past · perfect · passive | the sweat *not said here* | the horse |  | horse's flesh |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into flesh=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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by an ointment from the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1187-pg3027-part53:e2:o2:1
# text = by an ointment from the palace
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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by a cold river of water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1187-pg3027-part53:e2:o3:1
# text = by a cold river of water
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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by the sweat of the horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1187-pg3027-part53:e2:o4:1
# text = by the sweat of the horse
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sweat	sweat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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