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title: By what means did the Hazel-nut child travel to the southern land? — Household Tales, The Twins and the Wit… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the Hazel-nut child travel to the southern land? Exam question 4 of lesson 1727 «Household Tales, The Twins and the Witch: the children flee, and the witch's magic fails» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Exam question 4 · Household Tales, The Twins and the Witch: the children fle…

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By what means did the Hazel-nut child travel to the southern land?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Hazel nut child · **What happens:** mean, travel

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1727 «Household Tales, The Twins and the Witch: the children flee, and the witch's magic fails» 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/1727-pg640-part51/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1727-pg640-part51:e4:1
# text = By what means did the Hazel-nut child travel to the southern land?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	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	10	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	Hazel	Hazel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	nut	nut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	travel	travel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	southern	southern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	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 | **travel** | past · do-support | the Hazel nut child |  |  |  |  | to the southern land | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by what=Trajectory |

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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 {#o1}

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Riding on a huge white stork's back across the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1727-pg640-part51:e4:o1:1
# text = Riding on a huge white stork's back across the sea
1	Riding	ride	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	stork	stork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	across	across	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | gerund |  |  |  | a huge white stork's back |  | across the sea | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across sea=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Flying in a basket tied under the wings of a bird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1727-pg640-part51:e4:o2:1
# text = Flying in a basket tied under the wings of a bird
1	Flying	fly	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	csubj:pass	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | gerund |  |  |  | a basket |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in basket=Location |
| 2 | **tie** | participle | Flying |  |  | the wings of a bird |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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

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On the back of a stork

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1727-pg640-part51:e4:o3:1
# text = On the back of a stork
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	back	back	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	stork	stork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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In a silver carriage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1727-pg640-part51:e4:o4:1
# text = In a silver carriage
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	carriage	carriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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