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title: Which of the following best describes the means by which the girl Ki… — Fairy Tales, Elsa and Kisika, part 2:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following best describes the means by which the girl Kisika transports Elsa across the water? Exam question 1 of lesson 1751 «Fairy Tales, Elsa and Kisika, part 2: Elsa is taken into a magic garden, sails a sea made from a shell, and becomes a new daughter» of the books course of Mova's
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, Elsa and Kisika, part 2: Elsa is taken into a…

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Which of the following best describes the means by which the girl Kisika transports Elsa across the water?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** the, girl · **What happens:** follow, describe, mean, transport · **To what, where:** Elsa, water

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1751 «Fairy Tales, Elsa and Kisika, part 2: Elsa is taken into a magic garden, sails a sea made from a shell, and becomes a new daughter» 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/1751-pg641-part2/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1751-pg641-part2:e1:1
# text = Which of the following best describes the means by which the girl Kisika transports Elsa across the water?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	nsubj	_	_
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	Kisika	Kisika	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
14	transports	transport	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
15	Elsa	Elsa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	across	across	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present | the *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of the best | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
| 3 | **mean** | present | the |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **transport** | present | the girl | Elsa |  | the water |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus elsa=Experiencer |

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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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By means of a magical boat which grows from a mussel shell after the girl sprinkles water and sings

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1751-pg641-part2:e1:o1:1
# text = By means of a magical boat which grows from a mussel shell after the girl sprinkles water and sings
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	magical	magical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	mussel	mussel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	sprinkles	sprinkle	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
17	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	sings	sing	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of a magical boat | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **grow** | present | a magical boat |  |  |  |  | from a mussel shell | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from shell=Patient |
| 3 | **sprinkle** | present | the girl | water |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
| 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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By shaking two drops of water from a box onto the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1751-pg641-part2:e1:o2:1
# text = By shaking two drops of water from a box onto the ground
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	drops	drop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | gerund |  | two drops of water |  | a box |  | onto the ground | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent drop=Theme from box=Initial\_Location onto ground=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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By climbing onto a bird's back and flying over the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1751-pg641-part2:e1:o3:1
# text = By climbing onto a bird's back and flying over the sea
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | gerund |  |  |  | a bird's back |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto back=Trajectory |
| 2 | **fly** | gerund |  |  |  | the sea |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over sea=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By rowing a small boat across the calm lake water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1751-pg641-part2:e1:o4:1
# text = By rowing a small boat across the calm lake water
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	rowing	row	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	across	across	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **row** | gerund |  | a small boat |  | the calm lake water |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent boat=Theme across water=Trajectory |

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