--- title: In what manner did Iktomi induce the ducks to enter the straw hut? — Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Duc… · tree and pragmatics description: In what manner did Iktomi induce the ducks to enter the straw hut? Exam question 1 of lesson 1264 «Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Ducks, part 1: Iktomi tricks the ducks with a song, roasts them, and ignores a crying tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1264-pg338-part1/e1/) [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/) / [Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Duc…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1264-pg338-part1/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Ducks, part 1: Iktomi t… In what manner did Iktomi induce the ducks to enter the straw hut? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Iktomi · **What happens:** induce, enter · **To what, where:** ducks, manner, straw hut This is exam question 1 of lesson 1264 «Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Ducks, part 1: Iktomi tricks the ducks with a song, roasts them, and ignores a crying tree» 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/1264-pg338-part1/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1264-pg338-part1:e1:1 # text = In what manner did Iktomi induce the ducks to enter the straw hut? 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Iktomi Iktomi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 induce induce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **induce** | past · do-support | Iktomi | the ducks | | what manner | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duck=Patient | | 2 | **enter** | to-infinitive | Iktomi *not said here* | the straw hut | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hut=Destination | 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} By showing a bundle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1264-pg338-part1:e1:o1:1 # text = By showing a bundle 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 showing show VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bundle bundle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | gerund | | a bundle | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bundle=Recipient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} By displaying a bundle of songs and offering to perform ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1264-pg338-part1:e1:o2:1 # text = By displaying a bundle of songs and offering to perform 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 displaying display VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bundle bundle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 offering offer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 perform perform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **display** | gerund | | a bundle of songs | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bundle=Theme | | 2 | **offer** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **perform** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} By singing loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1264-pg338-part1:e1:o3:1 # text = By singing loudly 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | loudly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} By pointing at the old tree and telling them to rest there now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1264-pg338-part1:e1:o4:1 # text = By pointing at the old tree and telling them to rest there now 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 pointing point VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 12 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 13 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **point** | gerund | | | | the old tree | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | them *= they* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **rest** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | there | now | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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