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title: Which means did the protagonist Hadvor employ in order to traverse t… — Danish Fairy Tales, Hadvor and Hermod:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which means did the protagonist Hadvor employ in order to traverse the strait to the island? Exam question 1 of lesson 1746 «Danish Fairy Tales, Hadvor and Hermod: Hadvor frees Hermod, and Hermod becomes King» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Exam question 1 · Danish Fairy Tales, Hadvor and Hermod: Hadvor frees Hermod…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which means did the protagonist Hadvor employ in order to traverse the strait to the island?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** mean, do, traverse · **To what, where:** protagonist Hadvor employ, strait · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1746 «Danish Fairy Tales, Hadvor and Hermod: Hadvor frees Hermod, and Hermod becomes King» 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/1746-pg640-part70/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1746-pg640-part70:e1:1
# text = Which means did the protagonist Hadvor employ in order to traverse the strait to the island?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	Hadvor	Hadvor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	employ	employ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	11	mark	_	_
9	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	fixed	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	traverse	traverse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	strait	strait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	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 clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the protagonist Hadvor employ |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality |
| 3 | **traverse** | to-infinitive |  | the strait |  |  |  | to the island | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme strait=Co-Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Shoes fashioned from the skin of the Giant's feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1746-pg640-part70:e1:o1:1
# text = Shoes fashioned from the skin of the Giant's feet
1	Shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Shoes fashioned from the skin of the Giant's feet and a magic thread-ball

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1746-pg640-part70:e1:o2:1
# text = Shoes fashioned from the skin of the Giant's feet and a magic thread-ball
1	Shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
13	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
14	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Shoes made of the Giant's skin and a belt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1746-pg640-part70:e1:o3:1
# text = Shoes made of the Giant's skin and a belt
1	Shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | Shoes *not said here* |  |  |  | of the Giant skin and a belt | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Shoes fashioned from the skin of the Giant's feet, with a belt, a rope, and a clew

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1746-pg640-part70:e1:o4:1
# text = Shoes fashioned from the skin of the Giant's feet, with a belt, a rope, and a clew
1	Shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	clew	clew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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