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description: By what means was the Giant's corpse restored to the semblance of a prince? Exam question 2 of lesson 1745 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Hermod and Hadvor, part 69: the Queen's spells, the Giant's trick and Olof's warning» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Exam question 2 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Hermod and Hadvor, part 69:…

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By what means was the Giant's corpse restored to the semblance of a prince?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Giant corpse · **What happens:** mean, be, restore · **To what, where:** Giant corpse, semblance

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1745 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Hermod and Hadvor, part 69: the Queen's spells, the Giant's trick and Olof's warning» 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/1745-pg640-part69/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1745-pg640-part69:e2:1
# text = By what means was the Giant's corpse restored to the semblance of a prince?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	corpse	corpse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	restored	restore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	semblance	semblance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	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 | **is a** | past |  | the Giant corpse |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **restore** | past | the Giant corpse |  | the semblance of a prince |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to semblance=Recipient |

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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 a spell pronounced by the King

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1745-pg640-part69:e2:o1:1
# text = By a spell pronounced by the King
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pronounce** | participle |  | a spell *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By a potion poured by Olof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1745-pg640-part69:e2:o2:1
# text = By a potion poured by Olof
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	potion	potion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	poured	pour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Olof	Olof	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | participle |  | a potion *not said here* |  |  |  | by Olof | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Through a curse spoken by Hadvor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1745-pg640-part69:e2:o3:1
# text = Through a curse spoken by Hadvor
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Hadvor	Hadvor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle |  | a curse *not said here* |  |  |  | by Hadvor | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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By a spell pronounced by the Queen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1745-pg640-part69:e2:o4:1
# text = By a spell pronounced by the Queen
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pronounce** | participle |  | a spell *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Queen | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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