--- title: By what means did the substance carried on the wind cause the non-me… — Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26:… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the substance carried on the wind cause the non-metallic objects in the vessel to change? Exam question 1 of lesson 1889 «Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26: the sailors land, King Bayard tells his tale, and a monkey leads the Prince away» of the books course of Mova's primary sc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1889-pg7277-part26/e1/) [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/) / [Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1889-pg7277-part26/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26: the sailors land, Ki… By what means did the substance carried on the wind cause the non-metallic objects in the vessel to change? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** substance · **What happens:** mean, do, carry, cause, change · **To what, where:** substance, wind, non-metallic objects, vessel This is exam question 1 of lesson 1889 «Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26: the sailors land, King Bayard tells his tale, and a monkey leads the Prince away» 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/1889-pg7277-part26/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:e1:1 # text = By what means did the substance carried on the wind cause the non-metallic objects in the vessel to change? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 substance substance NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 7 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 cause cause VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 non-metallic non-metallic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 objects object NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 3 | **carry** | participle | | the substance *not said here* | | the wind | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **cause** | present | the substance | the non-metallic objects | | the vessel | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition object=Patient | | 5 | **change** | to-infinitive | the substance *not said here* | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} they rotted and withered away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:e1:o1:1 # text = they rotted and withered away 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rotted rot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 withered wither VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rot** | past | they | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **wither away** | past | they *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} they bloomed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:e1:o2:1 # text = they bloomed 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bloomed bloom VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bloom** | past | they | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} they turned into green plants ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:e1:o3:1 # text = they turned into green plants 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | they | | | green plants | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into plant=Trajectory | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} they sprouted and blossomed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1889-pg7277-part26:e1:o4:1 # text = they sprouted and blossomed 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sprouted sprout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 blossomed blossom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sprout** | past | they | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 2 | **blossom** | participle | they *not said here* | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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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