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description: By what means did the Empress's ambassadors transport themselves to the abode of the Sun and Moon? Exam question 2 of lesson 1387 «Myths and Legends of China, The Empress Jokwa: the Sun and Moon come back to light» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 2 · Myths and Legends of China, The Empress Jokwa: the Sun and…

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By what means did the Empress's ambassadors transport themselves to the abode of the Sun and Moon?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ambassadors · **What happens:** mean, transport · **To what, where:** ambassadors, abode

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1387 «Myths and Legends of China, The Empress Jokwa: the Sun and Moon come back to light» 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/1387-pg4018-part47/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1387-pg4018-part47:e2:1
# text = By what means did the Empress's ambassadors transport themselves to the abode of the Sun and Moon?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
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=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Empress	Empress	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	ambassadors	ambassador	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	transport	transport	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
10	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	abode	abode	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	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 | **transport** | past · do-support | the Empress's ambassadors | ambassadors *= ambassador* |  | the abode of the Sun and Moon |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme to abode=Destination |

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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 chariots which travelled through the air by magic power and bright golden wheels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1387-pg4018-part47:e2:o1:1
# text = By chariots which travelled through the air by magic power and bright golden wheels
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	chariots	chariot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	travelled	travel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	wheels	wheel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | past | chariots |  |  | the air |  | by magic power and bright golden wheels | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through air=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By dragons who carried them slowly over the hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1387-pg4018-part47:e2:o2:1
# text = By dragons who carried them slowly over the hills
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	dragons	dragon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | dragons | dragons *= dragon* |  | the hills |  | slowly *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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By chariots which travelled through the air by magic power

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1387-pg4018-part47:e2:o3:1
# text = By chariots which travelled through the air by magic power
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	chariots	chariot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	travelled	travel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | past | chariots |  |  | the air |  | by magic power | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through air=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By cranes which flew through the clouds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1387-pg4018-part47:e2:o4:1
# text = By cranes which flew through the clouds
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	cranes	crane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | cranes |  |  | the clouds |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through cloud=Location |

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