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description: State the means by which the wolf gains entry to the grandmother's dwelling. Exam question 2 of lesson 1426 «Blue Fairy Book, Little Red Riding-Hood: the wolf tricks the girl and eats her and her grandmother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Exam question 2 · Blue Fairy Book, Little Red Riding-Hood: the wolf tricks t…

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State the means by which the wolf gains entry to the grandmother's dwelling.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** State, wolf · **What happens:** mean, gain · **To what, where:** entry

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1426 «Blue Fairy Book, Little Red Riding-Hood: the wolf tricks the girl and eats her and her grandmother» 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/1426-pg503-part13/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:e2:1
# text = State the means by which the wolf gains entry to the grandmother's dwelling.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	gains	gain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	entry	entry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | State |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **gain** | present | the wolf | entry |  |  |  | to the grandmother's dwelling *result* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient entry=Extent to dwelling=Result |

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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 crawling through the window after the grandmother has fallen asleep in bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:e2:o1:1
# text = By crawling through the window after the grandmother has fallen asleep in bed
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	crawling	crawl	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
11	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crawl** | gerund |  |  |  | the window | after the grandmother |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through window=Trajectory |
| 2 | **fall** | present · perfect |  |  |  | bed |  | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in bed=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By pulling the bobbin on the door so the latch lifts up quietly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:e2:o2:1
# text = By pulling the bobbin on the door so the latch lifts up quietly
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bobbin	bobbin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	latch	latch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	lifts	lift	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | gerund |  | the bobbin |  | the door |  | so the latch | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bobbin=Theme |
| 2 | **lift up** | present | pulling |  |  |  |  | quietly *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By pushing the door when it opens wide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:e2:o3:1
# text = By pushing the door when it opens wide
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	opens	open	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	wide	wide	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | gerund |  | the door |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme |
| 2 | **open** | present | door |  |  |  |  | wide *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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By pulling the bobbin so the latch lifts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:e2:o4:1
# text = By pulling the bobbin so the latch lifts
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bobbin	bobbin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	latch	latch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	lifts	lift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | gerund |  | the bobbin |  |  |  | so latch lifts | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bobbin=Theme |

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