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title: By what means did the smith leave the church on the third night? — Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the smith leave the church on the third night? Exam question 3 of lesson 1623 «Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: the smith guards the church and frees the princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Exam question 3 · Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: the smith guards the c…

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By what means did the smith leave the church on the third night?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** smith · **What happens:** mean, leave · **To what, where:** church

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1623 «Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: the smith guards the church and frees the princess» 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/1623-pg5615-part12/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1623-pg5615-part12:e3:1
# text = By what means did the smith leave the church on the third night?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	smith	smith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	amod	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 | **leave** | past · do-support | the smith | the church |  |  | night |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent church=Theme by what=Location |

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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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Down a rope from the tower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1623-pg5615-part12:e3:o1:1
# text = Down a rope from the tower
1	Down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Through a hidden passage under the altar that led out to the river bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1623-pg5615-part12:e3:o2:1
# text = Through a hidden passage under the altar that led out to the river bank
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	out	out	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead out** | past | a hidden passage under the altar |  |  |  |  | to the river bank; out *property* | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to bank=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Through the old crypt below

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1623-pg5615-part12:e3:o3:1
# text = Through the old crypt below
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	crypt	crypt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	below	below	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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By a high window, opened and climbed through

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1623-pg5615-part12:e3:o4:1
# text = By a high window, opened and climbed through
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	through	through	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | past |  |  |  |  |  | by a high window | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by window=Location |
| 2 | **climb** | past |  |  |  |  |  | through *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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