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description: By what means did the warrior determine to make his final shot against the monster? Exam question 1 of lesson 1342 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Hidesato and the Centipede: the last arrow slays the monster» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Hidesato and the Centipede: the last…

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By what means did the warrior determine to make his final shot against the monster?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** warrior · **What happens:** mean, determine, make · **To what, where:** final shot

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1342 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Hidesato and the Centipede: the last arrow slays the monster» 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/1342-pg4018-part2/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1342-pg4018-part2:e1:1
# text = By what means did the warrior determine to make his final shot against the monster?
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	warrior	warrior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	determine	determine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	shot	shot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	against	against	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **determine** | past · do-support | the warrior |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | the warrior *not said here* | warrior's final shot |  |  |  | against the monster | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset shot=Product |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He held it in his mouth.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1342-pg4018-part2:e1:o1:1
# text = He held it in his mouth.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | He | it |  | his mouth |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in mouth=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He placed his last arrow in his mouth before firing.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1342-pg4018-part2:e1:o2:1
# text = He placed his last arrow in his mouth before firing.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	placed	place	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	firing	fire	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | past | He | his last arrow |  | his mouth |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme in mouth=Destination |
| 2 | **fire** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He bit the arrow before shooting it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1342-pg4018-part2:e1:o3:1
# text = He bit the arrow before shooting it.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	shooting	shoot	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | past | He | the arrow |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrow=Patient |
| 2 | **shoot** | gerund | He *not said here* | arrow |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He coated the arrow with saliva before firing it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1342-pg4018-part2:e1:o4:1
# text = He coated the arrow with saliva before firing it.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	coated	coat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	saliva	saliva	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	firing	fire	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **coat** | past | He | the arrow |  |  |  | with saliva | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent arrow=Destination with saliva=Theme |
| 2 | **fire** | gerund | He *not said here* | arrow |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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