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title: By what means did the ogre depart from the residence? — Japanese Fairy Tales, Watanabe and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the ogre depart from the residence? Exam question 4 of lesson 1383 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Watanabe and the Ogre's Arm: a fake old nurse steals the arm back from its box» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Watanabe and the Ogre's Arm: a fake…

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By what means did the ogre depart from the residence?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** mean, do, depart · **To what, where:** ogre, residence · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1383 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Watanabe and the Ogre's Arm: a fake old nurse steals the arm back from its box» 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/1383-pg4018-part43/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1383-pg4018-part43:e4:1
# text = By what means did the ogre depart from the residence?
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	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ogre	ogre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	depart	depart	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	residence	residence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	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 clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the ogre |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ogre=Eventuality |
| 3 | **depart** | present |  |  |  | the residence |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from residence=Initial\_Location |

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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 bursting through the roof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1383-pg4018-part43:e4:o1:1
# text = By bursting through the roof
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	bursting	burst	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burst** | gerund |  |  |  | the roof |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through roof=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By storming out the front gate after breaking the lock with his club

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1383-pg4018-part43:e4:o2:1
# text = By storming out the front gate after breaking the lock with his club
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	storming	storm	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	breaking	break	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **storm out** | gerund |  | the front gate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **break** | gerund |  | the lock |  |  |  | with his club | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent lock=Patient with club=Instrument |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By transforming into smoke and drifting through the cracked shutters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1383-pg4018-part43:e4:o3:1
# text = By transforming into smoke and drifting through the cracked shutters
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	transforming	transform	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	drifting	drift	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	cracked	crack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	shutters	shutter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transform** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | into smoke *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into smoke=Result |
| 2 | **drift** | gerund |  |  |  | the cracked shutters |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through shutter=Trajectory |
| 3 | **crack** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By climbing down the wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1383-pg4018-part43:e4:o4:1
# text = By climbing down the wall
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | gerund |  |  |  | the wall |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down wall=Trajectory |

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