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title: By what means did the golden lad conceal his golden colour from the… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Childr… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the golden lad conceal his golden colour from the forest robbers? Exam question 4 of lesson 1931 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Children, part 68: the golden lad is turned to stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Children, part 68: the gol…

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By what means did the golden lad conceal his golden colour from the forest robbers?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** golden lad · **What happens:** mean, conceal · **To what, where:** golden colour, forest robbers

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1931 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Children, part 68: the golden lad is turned to stone» 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/1931-pg7277-part68/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1931-pg7277-part68:e4:1
# text = By what means did the golden lad conceal his golden colour from the forest robbers?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	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	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	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 | **conceal** | past · do-support | the golden lad | lad's golden colour |  | the forest robbers |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent colour=Patient from robber=Beneficiary |

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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 hiding in the bushes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1931-pg7277-part68:e4:o1:1
# text = by hiding in the bushes
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bushes	bush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | gerund |  |  |  | the bushes |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bush=Location |

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

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by covering himself in bearskins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1931-pg7277-part68:e4:o2:1
# text = by covering himself in bearskins
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	covering	cover	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	bearskins	bearskin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | gerund |  | himself *= he* |  |  |  | in bearskins | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Destination in bearskin=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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by covering himself in thick bearskins and dirt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1931-pg7277-part68:e4:o3:1
# text = by covering himself in thick bearskins and dirt
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	covering	cover	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bearskins	bearskin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | gerund |  | himself *= he* |  |  |  | in thick bearskins and dirt | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Destination in bearskin=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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by wearing dark robes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1931-pg7277-part68:e4:o4:1
# text = by wearing dark robes
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	robes	robe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | gerund |  | dark robes |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent robe=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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