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# Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 17: Harisarman…

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exam: By what means did the youth obtain the three animals and their subsequent companionship?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** exam, youth · **What happens:** mean, do, obtain · **To what, where:** three animals

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1833 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 17: Harisarman fools the king with a lucky guess, and a kind young man buys a dog, a cat and a snake» 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/1833-pg7128-part17/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1833-pg7128-part17:e2:1
# text = exam: By what means did the youth obtain the three animals and their subsequent companionship?
1	exam	exam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	youth	youth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	obtain	obtain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	companionship	companionship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | exam |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | past | exam |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **obtain** | present | the youth | the three animals and youth's subsequent companionship |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset animal=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 {#o1}

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By stealing them at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1833-pg7128-part17:e2:o1:1
# text = By stealing them at night
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  | night |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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By receiving them as gifts from a passing merchant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1833-pg7128-part17:e2:o2:1
# text = By receiving them as gifts from a passing merchant
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	receiving	receive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	passing	passing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | as gifts from a passing merchant | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By winning them in a game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1833-pg7128-part17:e2:o3:1
# text = By winning them in a game
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	winning	win	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  | a game |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality |

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

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By purchasing each of them for one hundred rupees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1833-pg7128-part17:e2:o4:1
# text = By purchasing each of them for one hundred rupees
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	purchasing	purchase	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	compound	_	_
8	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	rupees	rupee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purchase** | gerund |  | each |  |  |  | for hundred rupees | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent each=Theme for rupee=Asset |

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