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title: By what means did Hyacinthia gain entry to Prince Milan's apartment? — Czech and Slovak Tales, Kojata and Mil… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did Hyacinthia gain entry to Prince Milan's apartment? Exam question 4 of lesson 1908 «Czech and Slovak Tales, Kojata and Milan, part 45: Milan meets a magician's daughter and is set three tasks underground» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Exam question 4 · Czech and Slovak Tales, Kojata and Milan, part 45: Milan m…

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By what means did Hyacinthia gain entry to Prince Milan's apartment?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Hyacinthia · **What happens:** mean, gain · **To what, where:** entry

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1908 «Czech and Slovak Tales, Kojata and Milan, part 45: Milan meets a magician's daughter and is set three tasks underground» 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/1908-pg7277-part45/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1908-pg7277-part45:e4:1
# text = By what means did Hyacinthia gain entry to Prince Milan's apartment?
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	Hyacinthia	Hyacinthia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gain	gain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	entry	entry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Milan	Milan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	apartment	apartment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **gain** | past · do-support | Hyacinthia | entry |  |  |  | to Prince Milan's apartment *result* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient entry=Extent to apartment=Result |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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By disguising herself as a servant and slipping through the open palace door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1908-pg7277-part45:e4:o1:1
# text = By disguising herself as a servant and slipping through the open palace door
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	disguising	disguise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	slipping	slip	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disguise** | gerund |  | herself *= she* |  |  |  | as a servant | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme herself=Destination |
| 2 | **slip** | gerund |  |  |  | the open palace door |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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By transforming into a bee and tapping at the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1908-pg7277-part45:e4:o2:1
# text = By transforming into a bee and tapping at the window
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	transforming	transform	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	tapping	tap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transform** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | into a bee *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into bee=Result |
| 2 | **tap** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at the window | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at window=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By turning herself into a tiny bee and knocking softly on the window glass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1908-pg7277-part45:e4:o3:1
# text = By turning herself into a tiny bee and knocking softly on the window glass
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	knocking	knock	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
10	softly	softly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | gerund |  | herself *= she* |  |  |  | into a tiny bee *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent herself=Theme into bee=Result |
| 2 | **knock** | gerund |  |  |  | the window glass |  | softly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on glass=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By sneaking through a secret passage under the floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1908-pg7277-part45:e4:o4:1
# text = By sneaking through a secret passage under the floor
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sneaking	sneak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sneak** | gerund |  |  |  | a secret passage |  | under the floor | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through passage=Trajectory |

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