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title: By what means does the mink ultimately dispatch the young wolf? — Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means does the mink ultimately dispatch the young wolf? Exam question 2 of lesson 1190 «Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, part 1: a sly mink tricks a hungry wolf, then outwits the whole wolf pack's revenge plan» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Exam question 2 · Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, part 1: a sly mink tric…

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By what means does the mink ultimately dispatch the young wolf?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** mean, do, dispatch · **To what, where:** mink, young wolf · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1190 «Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, part 1: a sly mink tricks a hungry wolf, then outwits the whole wolf pack's revenge plan» 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/1190-pg3027-part56/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1190-pg3027-part56:e2:1
# text = By what means does the mink ultimately dispatch the young wolf?
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mink	mink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	dispatch	dispatch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	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 clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | present |  | the mink |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mink=Eventuality |
| 3 | **dispatch** | present |  | the young wolf |  |  |  | ultimately *property* | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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By hitting him over the head with a club

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1190-pg3027-part56:e2:o1:1
# text = By hitting him over the head with a club
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hitting	hit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  | the head |  | with a club | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with club=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By drowning him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1190-pg3027-part56:e2:o2:1
# text = By drowning him
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	drowning	drown	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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By stabbing him through the heart with a knife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1190-pg3027-part56:e2:o3:1
# text = By stabbing him through the heart with a knife
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stabbing	stab	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stab** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  | the heart |  | with a knife | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with knife=Instrument |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By shooting him in the chest with an arrow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1190-pg3027-part56:e2:o4:1
# text = By shooting him in the chest with an arrow
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	shooting	shoot	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  | the chest |  | with a arrow | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in chest=Destination |

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