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title: By what means was the intruder awakened from her slumber? — Fairy Tales, The Three Bears: the bear… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means was the intruder awakened from her slumber? Exam question 2 of lesson 1915 «Fairy Tales, The Three Bears: the bears find the old woman asleep in the bed and she flees» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Three Bears: the bears find the old woman…

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By what means was the intruder awakened from her slumber?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** her · **What happens:** mean, be, awaken, slumber · **To what, where:** intruder, slumber

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1915 «Fairy Tales, The Three Bears: the bears find the old woman asleep in the bed and she flees» 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/1915-pg7277-part52/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1915-pg7277-part52:e2:1
# text = By what means was the intruder awakened from her slumber?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	intruder	intruder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	awakened	awaken	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	slumber	slumber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	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 | **is a** | past |  | the intruder |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **awaken** | participle |  | the intruder *not said here* |  | her slumber |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **slumber** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom slumber «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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 a sharp cry from the Middle Bear's room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1915-pg7277-part52:e2:o1:1
# text = by a sharp cry from the Middle Bear's room
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cry	cry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Middle	Middle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Bear	Bear	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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by the shrill voice of the Little, Small, Wee Bear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1915-pg7277-part52:e2:o2:1
# text = by the shrill voice of the Little, Small, Wee Bear
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	shrill	shrill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Little	Little	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	Wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	Bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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by a loud noise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1915-pg7277-part52:e2:o3:1
# text = by a loud noise
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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by the gruff voice of the Great Bear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1915-pg7277-part52:e2:o4:1
# text = by the gruff voice of the Great Bear
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	gruff	gruff	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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