--- title: By what means did Petru pass beyond the river that surrounded the Fa… — Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy o… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did Petru pass beyond the river that surrounded the Fairy's castle, according to the passage? Exam question 3 of lesson 1782 «Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 33: Petru reaches Venus's house, wins her trust, and sets out for the Fairy's castle» of the books course --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1782-pg641-part33/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy o…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1782-pg641-part33/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 33:… By what means did Petru pass beyond the river that surrounded the Fairy's castle, according to the passage? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Petru · **What happens:** mean, pass, surround, accord · **To what, where:** river This is exam question 3 of lesson 1782 «Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 33: Petru reaches Venus's house, wins her trust, and sets out for the Fairy's castle» 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/1782-pg641-part33/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1782-pg641-part33:e3:1 # text = By what means did Petru pass beyond the river that surrounded the Fairy's castle, according to the passage? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 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 6 aux _ _ 5 Petru Petru PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 case _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 17 fixed _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **pass** | past · do-support | Petru | | | | | beyond the river; accord the passage | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by what=Location | | 3 | **surround** | participle · passive | | the river | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | 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} by swimming ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1782-pg641-part33:e3:o1:1 # text = by swimming 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 swimming swim VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} by a wooden bridge over the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1782-pg641-part33:e3:o2:1 # text = by a wooden bridge over the water 1 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} by a golden ferry across the stream ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1782-pg641-part33:e3:o3:1 # text = by a golden ferry across the stream 1 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 ferry ferry NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 across across ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} the bridge, which resembled soft clouds ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1782-pg641-part33:e3:o4:1 # text = the bridge, which resembled soft clouds 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 resembled resemble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **resemble** | past | the bridge | soft clouds | | | | | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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