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title: Identify the means by which the frog produces the linen presented to… — Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the means by which the frog produces the linen presented to the mother. Exam question 2 of lesson 1803 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest son's frog spins his linen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest…

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Identify the means by which the frog produces the linen presented to the mother.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, the, frog · **What happens:** identify, mean, produce, present · **To what, where:** linen, mother · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1803 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest son's frog spins his linen» 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/1803-pg641-part54/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:e2:1
# text = Identify the means by which the frog produces the linen presented to the mother.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	produces	produce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	linen	linen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	presented	present	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **produce** | present | the frog | the linen |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent linen=Result |
| 4 | **present** | participle |  | the linen *not said here* | the mother |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to mother=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 {#o1}

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She weaves fine linen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:e2:o1:1
# text = She weaves fine linen
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	weaves	weave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	linen	linen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weave** | present | She | fine linen |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent linen=Product |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She spins the skein of flax into fine linen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:e2:o2:1
# text = She spins the skein of flax into fine linen
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spins	spin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	skein	skein	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	flax	flax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	linen	linen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | present | She | the skein of flax |  | fine linen |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent skein=Theme into linen=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She dyes the skein of flax into fine silk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:e2:o3:1
# text = She dyes the skein of flax into fine silk
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dyes	dye	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	skein	skein	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	flax	flax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dye** | present | She | the skein of flax |  |  |  | into fine silk *result* | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent skein=Patient into silk=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She spins the whole skein of flax into very fine white linen overnight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:e2:o4:1
# text = She spins the whole skein of flax into very fine white linen overnight
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spins	spin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	skein	skein	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	flax	flax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	linen	linen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
13	overnight	overnight	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | present | She | the whole skein of flax |  | fine white linen |  | overnight *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent skein=Theme into linen=Trajectory |

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