--- title: By what means does the fairy enable Tephany to meet Denis each day? — Breton Tales, Tephany, part 53: a fair… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means does the fairy enable Tephany to meet Denis each day? Exam question 2 of lesson 1328 «Breton Tales, Tephany, part 53: a fairy gives Tephany three magic gifts, and she grows vain and sharp» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1328-pg3454-part53/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/) / [Breton Tales, Tephany, part 53: a fair…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1328-pg3454-part53/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Breton Tales, Tephany, part 53: a fairy gives Tephany thre… By what means does the fairy enable Tephany to meet Denis each day? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fairy, Tephany · **What happens:** mean, enable, meet · **To what, where:** Tephany, Denis This is exam question 2 of lesson 1328 «Breton Tales, Tephany, part 53: a fairy gives Tephany three magic gifts, and she grows vain and sharp» 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/1328-pg3454-part53/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1328-pg3454-part53:e2:1 # text = By what means does the fairy enable Tephany to meet Denis each day? 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 enable enable VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 Tephany Tephany PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 Denis Denis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ 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 | **enable** | present · do-support | the fairy | Tephany | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **meet** | to-infinitive | Tephany *not said here* | Denis | | | day | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent denis=Co-Agent | 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} By a copper pin that frees her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1328-pg3454-part53:e2:o1:1 # text = By a copper pin that frees her 1 By by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 pin pin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 frees free VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **free** | present | a copper pin | her *= she* | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer she=Source | ### Option 2 {#o2} By a silver ring she wears ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1328-pg3454-part53:e2:o2:1 # text = By a silver ring she wears 1 By by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wears wear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | present | she | a silver ring *not said here* | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ring=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} By a blue ribbon in her hair ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1328-pg3454-part53:e2:o3:1 # text = By a blue ribbon in her hair 1 By by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 ribbon ribbon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} By a copper pin that frees her and a feather that makes her clever ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1328-pg3454-part53:e2:o4:1 # text = By a copper pin that frees her and a feather that makes her clever 1 By by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 pin pin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 frees free VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 feather feather NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **free** | present | a copper pin | her *= she* | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer she=Source | | 2 | **make** | present | a feather | her *= she* | | | | clever *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product | **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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