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title: In what manner did the wild cat dispatch the bear and the snake? — pg3282, The Lion and the Wild Cat, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did the wild cat dispatch the bear and the snake? Exam question 2 of lesson 1246 «pg3282, The Lion and the Wild Cat, part 47: the lion steals the golden ball, and the old cat sees a copy of it» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Exam question 2 · pg3282, The Lion and the Wild Cat, part 47: the lion steal…

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In what manner did the wild cat dispatch the bear and the snake?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wild cat · **What happens:** dispatch · **To what, where:** bear, manner

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1246 «pg3282, The Lion and the Wild Cat, part 47: the lion steals the golden ball, and the old cat sees a copy of it» 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/1246-pg3282-part47/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1246-pg3282-part47:e2:1
# text = In what manner did the wild cat dispatch the bear and the snake?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	dispatch	dispatch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dispatch** | past · do-support | the wild cat | the bear and the snake |  | what manner |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=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 pushing each one from a high branch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1246-pg3282-part47:e2:o1:1
# text = By pushing each one from a high branch
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | gerund |  | each one |  | a high branch |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent one=Theme from branch=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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By shouting at them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1246-pg3282-part47:e2:o2:1
# text = By shouting at them
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at them *= they* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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By uttering the word "die" to each in turn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1246-pg3282-part47:e2:o3:1
# text = By uttering the word "die" to each in turn
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	uttering	utter	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	die	die	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **utter** *speech: other* | gerund |  | the word | each | turn |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent word=Topic to each=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By cursing them with a spell from afar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1246-pg3282-part47:e2:o4:1
# text = By cursing them with a spell from afar
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cursing	curse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	afar	afar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | with a spell from afar | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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