--- title: By what means did the donkey repel the lion during the first encount… — Indian tales, The Monkey and the Shark… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the donkey repel the lion during the first encounter? Exam question 2 of lesson 1284 «Indian tales, The Monkey and the Shark, part 9: the monkey tells the shark how a greedy donkey was tricked by a hare and a lion» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1284-pg3454-part9/e2/) [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/) / [Indian tales, The Monkey and the Shark…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1284-pg3454-part9/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Indian tales, The Monkey and the Shark, part 9: the monkey… By what means did the donkey repel the lion during the first encounter? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** donkey · **What happens:** mean, repel · **To what, where:** lion This is exam question 2 of lesson 1284 «Indian tales, The Monkey and the Shark, part 9: the monkey tells the shark how a greedy donkey was tricked by a hare and a lion» 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/1284-pg3454-part9/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1284-pg3454-part9:e2:1 # text = By what means did the donkey repel the lion during the first encounter? 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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 donkey donkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 repel repel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 during during ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 13 amod _ _ 13 encounter encounter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **repel** | past · do-support | the donkey | the lion | | | during the first encounter | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus lion=Experiencer | 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 butting and stamping him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1284-pg3454-part9:e2:o1:1 # text = By butting and stamping him 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 butting butt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 stamping stamp VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **butt** | gerund | | | | | | | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stamp** | gerund | | him *= he* | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} By kicking and biting him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1284-pg3454-part9:e2:o2:1 # text = By kicking and biting him 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 kicking kick VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 biting bite VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kick** | gerund | | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **bite** | gerund | | him *= he* | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} By kicking and clawing him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1284-pg3454-part9:e2:o3:1 # text = By kicking and clawing him 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 kicking kick VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 clawing claw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kick** | gerund | | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **claw** | gerund | | him *= he* | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} By running ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1284-pg3454-part9:e2:o4:1 # text = By running 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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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