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title: Which phrase describes the means by which Barbaik obtained her house… — Breton Tales, Barbaik, part 61: the br… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which phrase describes the means by which Barbaik obtained her household comforts? Exam question 1 of lesson 1336 «Breton Tales, Barbaik, part 61: the brownie does all the work and Barbaik agrees to marry Jegu» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 1 · Breton Tales, Barbaik, part 61: the brownie does all the w…

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Which phrase describes the means by which Barbaik obtained her household comforts?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase, the, Barbaik · **What happens:** describe, mean, obtain, comfort · **To what, where:** household comforts · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1336 «Breton Tales, Barbaik, part 61: the brownie does all the work and Barbaik agrees to marry Jegu» 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/1336-pg3454-part61/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1336-pg3454-part61:e1:1
# text = Which phrase describes the means by which Barbaik obtained her household comforts?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
8	Barbaik	Barbaik	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	obtained	obtain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	comforts	comfort	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | which phrase |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **obtain** | past | Barbaik | Barbaik's household comforts |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comfort=Theme |
| 4 | **comfort** |  | Barbaik |  |  |  |  |  | nom comfort «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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by means of wishes spoken at the spring close by

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1336-pg3454-part61:e1:o1:1
# text = by means of wishes spoken at the spring close by
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	wishes	wish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of wishes | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle |  | wishes *not said here* |  |  | spring |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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by means of the brownie's secret help at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1336-pg3454-part61:e1:o2:1
# text = by means of the brownie's secret help at night
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	brownie	brownie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  | night | of the brownie's secret help | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **help** |  | the brownie |  |  |  |  |  | nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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by means of her father's gifts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1336-pg3454-part61:e1:o3:1
# text = by means of her father's gifts
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of her father's gifts | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **gift** |  | her father |  |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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by means of her spoken wishes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1336-pg3454-part61:e1:o4:1
# text = by means of her spoken wishes
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	wishes	wish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of her spoken wishes | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **wish** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

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