--- title: By what means did Princess Terute propose to bring about the death o… — The Japanese Fairy Book, Kintaro and P… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did Princess Terute propose to bring about the death of her step-daughter, Hase-Hime? Exam question 4 of lesson 1352 «The Japanese Fairy Book, Kintaro and Princess Hase, part 12: Kintaro becomes a hero, and a stepmother plots poison» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1352-pg4018-part12/e4/) [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/) / [The Japanese Fairy Book, Kintaro and P…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1352-pg4018-part12/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · The Japanese Fairy Book, Kintaro and Princess Hase, part 1… By what means did Princess Terute propose to bring about the death of her step-daughter, Hase-Hime? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Princess Terute, step daughter · **What happens:** mean, propose, bring, die This is exam question 4 of lesson 1352 «The Japanese Fairy Book, Kintaro and Princess Hase, part 12: Kintaro becomes a hero, and a stepmother plots poison» 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/1352-pg4018-part12/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1352-pg4018-part12:e4:1 # text = By what means did Princess Terute propose to bring about the death of her step-daughter, Hase-Hime? 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 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Terute Terute PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 propose propose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 10 about about ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 15 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 Hase Hase PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Hime Hime PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ? ? 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 | **propose** | past · do-support | Princess Terute | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **bring** | to-infinitive | Princess Terute *not said here* | | | | | about the death of Terute's step daughter | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **die** | | Terute's step daughter | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} By a knife ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1352-pg4018-part12:e4:o1:1 # text = By a knife 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} By poisoned sweet wine ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1352-pg4018-part12:e4:o2:1 # text = By poisoned sweet wine 1 By by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 poisoned poison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 3 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **poison** | participle | | | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} By a hidden dagger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1352-pg4018-part12:e4:o3:1 # text = By a hidden dagger 1 By by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 hidden hidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 dagger dagger NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} By poison ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1352-pg4018-part12:e4:o4:1 # text = By poison 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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