--- title: Which means did the wise merchant employ to communicate his strategy… — Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Which means did the wise merchant employ to communicate his strategy to his companions? Exam question 2 of lesson 1840 «Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu, part 1: the prince breaks the pitchers at the well» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1840-pg7128-part24/e2/) [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/) / [Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1840-pg7128-part24/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu, part 1: the prince breaks… Which means did the wise merchant employ to communicate his strategy to his companions? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, do, communicate · **To what, where:** wise merchant employ, strategy, companions · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 2 of lesson 1840 «Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu, part 1: the prince breaks the pitchers at the well» 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/1840-pg7128-part24/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1840-pg7128-part24:e2:1 # text = Which means did the wise merchant employ to communicate his strategy to his companions? 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 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 employ employ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 communicate communicate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 strategy strategy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 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 clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | past | | the wise merchant employ | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality | | 3 | **communicate** | to-infinitive | | his strategy | his companions | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent strategy=Topic to companion=Recipient | 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 {#o1} a secret note ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1840-pg7128-part24:e2:o1:1 # text = a secret note 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a sign ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1840-pg7128-part24:e2:o2:1 # text = a sign 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} a coded song ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1840-pg7128-part24:e2:o3:1 # text = a coded song 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 coded code VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **code** | participle | | | | | | | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} a letter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1840-pg7128-part24:e2:o4:1 # text = a letter 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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