--- title: By what means did the youth of "Master and Pupil" obtain his magical… — Fairy Book, Master and Pupil: a clever… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the youth of "Master and Pupil" obtain his magical instruction? Exam question 2 of lesson 1650 «Fairy Book, Master and Pupil: a clever boy turns into a horse and a pole-cat ends a wizard» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1650-pg5615-part39/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Fairy Book, Master and Pupil: a clever…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1650-pg5615-part39/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, Master and Pupil: a clever boy turns into a ho… By what means did the youth of "Master and Pupil" obtain his magical instruction? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Master, Pupil · **What happens:** mean, do, obtain, instruct · **To what, where:** youth, magical instruction · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 2 of lesson 1650 «Fairy Book, Master and Pupil: a clever boy turns into a horse and a pole-cat ends a wizard» 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/1650-pg5615-part39/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1650-pg5615-part39:e2:1 # text = By what means did the youth of "Master and Pupil" obtain his magical instruction? 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 Pupil Pupil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 13 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 magical magical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 instruction instruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | past | | the youth | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Eventuality | | 3 | **obtain** | infinitive | Master and Pupil | Pupil's magical instruction | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme | | 4 | **instruct** | | Pupil | | | | | | nom instruction «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} By theft ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1650-pg5615-part39:e2:o1:1 # text = By theft 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 theft theft NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} By copying his teacher's notes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1650-pg5615-part39:e2:o2:1 # text = By copying his teacher's notes 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 copying copy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 notes note NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **copy** | gerund | | his teacher's notes | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Theme | | 2 | **note** | | his teacher | | | | | | nom note «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} By studying his master's books ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1650-pg5615-part39:e2:o3:1 # text = By studying his master's books 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 studying study VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **study** | gerund | | his master's books | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} By luck ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1650-pg5615-part39:e2:o4:1 # text = By luck 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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