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title: By what means did the travelers finally summon the Winged Monkeys to… — Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 18: Dorot… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the travelers finally summon the Winged Monkeys to their aid? Exam question 2 of lesson 1603 «Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 18: Dorothy finds the Golden Cap and the Monkeys carry the travelers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 2 · Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 18: Dorothy finds the Golden…

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By what means did the travelers finally summon the Winged Monkeys to their aid?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** travelers · **What happens:** mean, do, summon, wing · **To what, where:** Winged Monkeys

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1603 «Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 18: Dorothy finds the Golden Cap and the Monkeys carry the travelers» 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/1603-pg55-part18/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1603-pg55-part18:e2:1
# text = By what means did the travelers finally summon the Winged Monkeys to their aid?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	travelers	traveler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	summon	summon	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Winged	wing	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	Monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	aid	aid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	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 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 3 | **summon** | present | the travelers |  | the Winged Monkeys |  |  | to travelers's aid; finally *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monkey=Recipient |
| 4 | **wing** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: 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 {#o1}

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By reciting the charm from the Golden Cap while standing on one foot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1603-pg55-part18:e2:o1:1
# text = By reciting the charm from the Golden Cap while standing on one foot
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	reciting	recite	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Cap	Cap	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recite** | gerund |  | the charm |  | the Golden Cap |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charm=Theme |
| 2 | **stand** | gerund |  |  |  | one foot |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on foot=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By blowing the silver whistle twice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1603-pg55-part18:e2:o2:1
# text = By blowing the silver whistle twice
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	blowing	blow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	whistle	whistle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | gerund |  | the silver whistle |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent whistle=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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By reciting the charm from the Golden Cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1603-pg55-part18:e2:o3:1
# text = By reciting the charm from the Golden Cap
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	reciting	recite	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Cap	Cap	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recite** | gerund |  | the charm |  | the Golden Cap |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charm=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By climbing the highest tree and reciting the charm from the Golden Cap aloud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1603-pg55-part18:e2:o4:1
# text = By climbing the highest tree and reciting the charm from the Golden Cap aloud
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	reciting	recite	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	Cap	Cap	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | gerund |  | the highest tree |  |  |  | aloud *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme |
| 2 | **recite** | gerund |  | the charm |  | the Golden Cap |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charm=Theme |

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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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