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title: By what means did Andras Baive elude the Stalo across the river? — Lapland Tales, Andras Baive, part 60:… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did Andras Baive elude the Stalo across the river? Exam question 4 of lesson 1194 «Lapland Tales, Andras Baive, part 60: the bailiff chases Andras, who outwits him with reindeer magic and a daring leap» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 4 · Lapland Tales, Andras Baive, part 60: the bailiff chases A…

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By what means did Andras Baive elude the Stalo across the river?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Andras · **What happens:** mean, elude · **To what, where:** Stalo, river

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1194 «Lapland Tales, Andras Baive, part 60: the bailiff chases Andras, who outwits him with reindeer magic and a daring leap» 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/1194-pg3027-part60/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1194-pg3027-part60:e4:1
# text = By what means did Andras Baive elude the Stalo across the river?
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	Andras	Andras	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	Baive	Baive	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	elude	elude	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Stalo	Stalo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	across	across	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 | **elude** | past · do-support | Andras | the Stalo |  | the river |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent stalo=Location |

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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 called upon the spirits of the mountains and became a fast reindeer calf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1194-pg3027-part60:e4:o1:1
# text = He called upon the spirits of the mountains and became a fast reindeer calf
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past | He |  |  |  |  | upon the spirits of the mountains | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **become** | past | He *not said here* | a fast reindeer calf |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He changed into a stag and leapt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1194-pg3027-part60:e4:o2:1
# text = He changed into a stag and leapt
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stag	stag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	leapt	leapt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | past | He |  |  |  |  | into a stag and leapt *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into stag=Result |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He transformed into a reindeer calf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1194-pg3027-part60:e4:o3:1
# text = He transformed into a reindeer calf
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	transformed	transform	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transform** | past | He |  |  |  |  | into a reindeer calf *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into calf=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He magically turned his whole body into a small reindeer calf and bounded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1194-pg3027-part60:e4:o4:1
# text = He magically turned his whole body into a small reindeer calf and bounded
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	magically	magically	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	bounded	bound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | He | his whole body |  |  |  | into a small reindeer calf *result*; magically *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent body=Theme into calf=Result |
| 2 | **bound** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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