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title: In what manner do the wasps defeat the King and his ministers? — Fairy Tales (pg540), Drakestail: a duc… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner do the wasps defeat the King and his ministers? Exam question 2 of lesson 1551 «Fairy Tales (pg540), Drakestail: a duck calls on his friends to get back what the King owes him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales (pg540), Drakestail: a duck calls on his frien…

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In what manner do the wasps defeat the King and his ministers?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wasps · **What happens:** defeat · **To what, where:** King

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1551 «Fairy Tales (pg540), Drakestail: a duck calls on his friends to get back what the King owes him» 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/1551-pg540-part48/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1551-pg540-part48:e2:1
# text = In what manner do the wasps defeat the King and his ministers?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wasps	wasp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	defeat	defeat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	ministers	minister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **defeat** | present · do-support | the wasps | the King and his ministers |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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By swarming and stinging them at the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1551-pg540-part48:e2:o1:1
# text = By swarming and stinging them at the palace
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	swarming	swarm	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	stinging	sting	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swarm** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sting** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  | the palace |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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By stinging them so that they flee from the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1551-pg540-part48:e2:o2:1
# text = By stinging them so that they flee from the window
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stinging	sting	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	7	mark	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	flee	flee	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sting** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer |
| 2 | **flee** | present | they |  |  | the window |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from window=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By stinging them until they fall from the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1551-pg540-part48:e2:o3:1
# text = By stinging them until they fall from the palace
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stinging	sting	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sting** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer |
| 2 | **fall** | present | they |  |  | the palace |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from palace=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By swarming the whole palace and stinging every minister until they flee out of the window

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1551-pg540-part48:e2:o4:1
# text = By swarming the whole palace and stinging every minister until they flee out of the window
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	swarming	swarm	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	stinging	sting	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	minister	minister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	flee	flee	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swarm** | gerund |  | the whole palace |  |  |  |  | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location palace=Theme |
| 2 | **sting** | gerund |  | every minister |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus minister=Experiencer |
| 3 | **flee** | present | they |  |  | the window |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out window=Initial\_Location |

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