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title: exam: By what means did the little mouse accomplish the collection o… — Hungarian Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 18:… · tree and pragmatics
description: exam: By what means did the little mouse accomplish the collection of the grain? Exam question 2 of lesson 1694 «Hungarian Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 18: a flower palace, the grain heap and the wolves on the hill» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Exam question 2 · Hungarian Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 18: a flower palace, th…

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exam: By what means did the little mouse accomplish the collection of the grain?

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

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1694 «Hungarian Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 18: a flower palace, the grain heap and the wolves on the hill» 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/1694-pg640-part18/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1694-pg640-part18:e2:1
# text = exam: By what means did the little mouse accomplish the collection of the grain?
1	exam	exam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	accomplish	accomplish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	collection	collection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	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 | **accomplish** | past · do-support | exam | the collection of the grain |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent collection=Eventuality |

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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 leading the wolves to the fields

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1694-pg640-part18:e2:o1:1
# text = By leading the wolves to the fields
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	leading	lead	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | gerund |  | the wolves |  | the fields |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme to field=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By carrying the grain alone during the night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1694-pg640-part18:e2:o2:1
# text = By carrying the grain alone during the night
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	during	during	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | gerund |  | the grain |  |  | night | alone *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By persuading the King to lend his servants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1694-pg640-part18:e2:o3:1
# text = By persuading the King to lend his servants
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	persuading	persuade	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	lend	lend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **persuade** | gerund |  | the King |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient |
| 2 | **lend** | to-infinitive |  | King's servants |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme |

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

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By summoning every other mouse in the land to its aid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1694-pg640-part18:e2:o4:1
# text = By summoning every other mouse in the land to its aid
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	summoning	summon	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	aid	aid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **summon** | gerund |  |  | every other mouse | the land |  | to land's aid | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Recipient |

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