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title: By what means was the bride's original form restored? — Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three b… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means was the bride's original form restored? Exam question 2 of lesson 1565 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three burnt geese, and a pin pulled from a bird» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Exam question 2 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three burnt geese, and a pi…

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By what means was the bride's original form restored?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** mean, be, restore · **To what, where:** original form

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1565 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three burnt geese, and a pin pulled from a bird» 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/1565-pg540-part62/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:e2:1
# text = By what means was the bride's original form restored?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
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	9	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	restored	restore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	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 bride's original form |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **restore** | participle |  | the bride's original form *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

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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 withdrawal of the pin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:e2:o1:1
# text = by withdrawal of the pin
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pin	pin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withdraw** |  |  | the pin |  |  |  |  | nom withdrawal «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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by the careful removal of the pin from her head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:e2:o2:1
# text = by the careful removal of the pin from her head
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pin	pin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** |  |  | the pin from her head |  |  |  |  | nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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by the removal of the spell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:e2:o3:1
# text = by the removal of the spell
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** |  |  | the spell |  |  |  |  | nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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through the breaking of a charm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:e2:o4:1
# text = through the breaking of a charm
1	through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	breaking	breaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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