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description: By what means did the Master-maid deceive the giant regarding the fate of the Prince? Exam question 1 of lesson 1443 «Norse Tales, The Master-Maid, part 30: the Prince fetches the taxes and tricks the giant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Exam question 1 · Norse Tales, The Master-Maid, part 30: the Prince fetches…

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By what means did the Master-maid deceive the giant regarding the fate of the Prince?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Master maid · **What happens:** mean, deceive, regard, fate · **To what, where:** giant fate, Prince · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1443 «Norse Tales, The Master-Maid, part 30: the Prince fetches the taxes and tricks the giant» 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/1443-pg503-part30/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1443-pg503-part30:e1:1
# text = By what means did the Master-maid deceive the giant regarding the fate of the Prince?
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	0	root	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	Master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	deceive	deceive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
11	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
12	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	fate	fate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	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 | **deceive** | past · do-support | the Master maid | the giant fate of the Prince |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fate=Patient |
| 3 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **fate** |  |  | the Prince |  |  |  |  | nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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by dropping the Prince's blood upon a stool and lying to the giant about it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1443-pg503-part30:e1:o1:1
# text = by dropping the Prince's blood upon a stool and lying to the giant about it
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	dropping	drop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stool	stool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
15	about	about	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | gerund |  | the Prince's blood |  | a stool |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent blood=Theme upon stool=Destination |
| 2 | **lie** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | giant *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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by dropping the Prince's blood upon a stool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1443-pg503-part30:e1:o2:1
# text = by dropping the Prince's blood upon a stool
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	dropping	drop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stool	stool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | gerund |  | the Prince's blood |  | a stool |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent blood=Theme upon stool=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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by hiding the Prince in a barrel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1443-pg503-part30:e1:o3:1
# text = by hiding the Prince in a barrel
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	barrel	barrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | gerund |  | the Prince |  | a barrel |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent prince=Patient in barrel=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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by burying the Prince's clothes and swearing the boy had died in the sea

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1443-pg503-part30:e1:o4:1
# text = by burying the Prince's clothes and swearing the boy had died in the sea
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	burying	bury	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	2	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	swearing	swear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	died	die	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | gerund | the boy *not said here* | the Prince's clothes |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme |
| 2 | **swear** | gerund | the boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **die** | past · perfect | the boy |  |  |  |  | in the sea | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in sea=Attribute |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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