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description: In what manner did the old woman summon the drifting peach towards the riverbank? Exam question 3 of lesson 1379 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the serpent on Ibuki Mountain: he kills the monster, is poisoned, heals in hot springs, and goes home to Ise» of the books course of Mova's primary sch
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# Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the serpent on Ibuki Mo…

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In what manner did the old woman summon the drifting peach towards the riverbank?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old woman · **What happens:** summon, drift · **To what, where:** drifting peach, manner

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1379 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the serpent on Ibuki Mountain: he kills the monster, is poisoned, heals in hot springs, and goes home to Ise» 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/1379-pg4018-part39/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1379-pg4018-part39:e3:1
# text = In what manner did the old woman summon the drifting peach towards the riverbank?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	summon	summon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	drifting	drift	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	peach	peach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	riverbank	riverbank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **summon** | past · do-support | the old woman | the drifting peach |  | what manner |  | towards the riverbank | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peach=Recipient |
| 2 | **drift** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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By clapping and singing a charm-verse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1379-pg4018-part39:e3:o1:1
# text = By clapping and singing a charm-verse
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	clapping	clap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	verse	verse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clap** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund |  | a charm verse |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location verse=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By wading into the river and dragging it with a rope and singing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1379-pg4018-part39:e3:o2:1
# text = By wading into the river and dragging it with a rope and singing
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	wading	wade	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	dragging	drag	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	singing	singing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wade** | gerund |  |  |  | the river |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into river=Destination |
| 2 | **drag** | gerund |  | river |  |  |  | with a rope and singing | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By wading out and pulling a rope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1379-pg4018-part39:e3:o3:1
# text = By wading out and pulling a rope
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	wading	wade	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wade out** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pull** | gerund |  | a rope |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By shouting and throwing a rope to it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1379-pg4018-part39:e3:o4:1
# text = By shouting and throwing a rope to it
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **throw** | gerund |  | a rope |  | rope |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent rope=Theme to it=Destination |

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