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title: Through what agency was the water restored to its original bed? — Old Indian Legends, The Warlike Seven,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Through what agency was the water restored to its original bed? Exam question 4 of lesson 1275 «Old Indian Legends, The Warlike Seven, part 1: Manstin finds his eyes again, then seven friends set out to make war and the first warriors drop away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the
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# Exam question 4 · Old Indian Legends, The Warlike Seven, part 1: Manstin fin…

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Through what agency was the water restored to its original bed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** agency · **What happens:** be, restore · **To what, where:** water, original bed

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1275 «Old Indian Legends, The Warlike Seven, part 1: Manstin finds his eyes again, then seven friends set out to make war and the first warriors drop away» 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/1275-pg338-part12/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1275-pg338-part12:e4:1
# text = Through what agency was the water restored to its original bed?
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	agency	agency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	restored	restore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | what agency | the water |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **restore** | participle |  | the water *not said here* | agency's original bed |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to bed=Recipient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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By Iktomi, who struck his knife upward within the Eater.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1275-pg338-part12:e4:o1:1
# text = By Iktomi, who struck his knife upward within the Eater.
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	upward	upward	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	within	within	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Eater	Eater	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past |  | Iktomi's knife |  |  |  | by Iktomi; within the Eater; upward *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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By the Fish, who blew it out through the Eater's mouth.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1275-pg338-part12:e4:o2:1
# text = By the Fish, who blew it out through the Eater's mouth.
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Fish	Fish	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Eater	Eater	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow out** | past |  | Fish |  | the Eater's mouth |  | by the Fish | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By Iktomi, who struck his knife upward within the Eater, so that the lake came out again.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1275-pg338-part12:e4:o3:1
# text = By Iktomi, who struck his knife upward within the Eater, so that the lake came out again.
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	upward	upward	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	within	within	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Eater	Eater	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
18	out	out	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
19	again	again	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past |  | Iktomi's knife |  |  |  | by Iktomi; within the Eater; upward *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Patient |
| 2 | **come out** | past | the lake |  |  |  | again | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By the Turtle, who pushed it up through the reeds.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1275-pg338-part12:e4:o4:1
# text = By the Turtle, who pushed it up through the reeds.
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pushed	push	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	reeds	reed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push up** | past |  | Turtle |  | the reeds |  | by the Turtle | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme by turtle=Trajectory |

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