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title: By what means was the prophecy concerning the maternal grandfather u… — Blue Fairy Book, Perseus: the Terrible… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means was the prophecy concerning the maternal grandfather ultimately fulfilled? Exam question 3 of lesson 1458 «Blue Fairy Book, Perseus: the Terrible Head turns the wicked King to stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 3 · Blue Fairy Book, Perseus: the Terrible Head turns the wick…

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By what means was the prophecy concerning the maternal grandfather ultimately fulfilled?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** prophecy · **What happens:** mean, be, concern, fulfil · **To what, where:** prophecy, maternal grandfather

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1458 «Blue Fairy Book, Perseus: the Terrible Head turns the wicked King to stone» 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/1458-pg503-part45/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1458-pg503-part45:e3:1
# text = By what means was the prophecy concerning the maternal grandfather ultimately fulfilled?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	maternal	maternal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	fulfilled	fulfil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	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 | **is a** | past |  | the prophecy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the prophecy *not said here* | the maternal grandfather |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus grandfather=Experiencer |
| 4 | **fulfil** | participle |  | the maternal grandfather *not said here* |  |  |  | ultimately *property* | tree rules |

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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 a quoit thrown accidentally by the hero

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1458-pg503-part45:e3:o1:1
# text = By a quoit thrown accidentally by the hero
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	quoit	quoit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	accidentally	accidentally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | participle |  | a quoit *not said here* |  |  |  | by the hero; accidentally *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by hero=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By a quoit thrown accidentally by the hero during the games in the court of the grandfather

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1458-pg503-part45:e3:o2:1
# text = By a quoit thrown accidentally by the hero during the games in the court of the grandfather
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	quoit	quoit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	accidentally	accidentally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	during	during	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | participle |  | a quoit *not said here* |  |  | during the games in the court of the grandfather | by the hero; accidentally *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by hero=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By an arrow shot by the king's own guard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1458-pg503-part45:e3:o3:1
# text = By an arrow shot by the king's own guard
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	shot	shoot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot** | participle |  | a arrow *not said here* |  |  |  | by the king's own guard | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by guard=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By the hero's careless throw of a heavy quoit during the public games held at Larissa

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1458-pg503-part45:e3:o4:1
# text = By the hero's careless throw of a heavy quoit during the public games held at Larissa
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	careless	careless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	throw	throw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	quoit	quoit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	during	during	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
15	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Larissa	Larissa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle |  | the public games *not said here* |  | Larissa |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at larissa=Location |
| 2 | **throw** |  | the hero | a heavy quoit |  |  | during the public games |  | nom throw «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient during=obl |

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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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