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title: By what means did the three little red men enable Jack to fulfil the… — Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golde… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the three little red men enable Jack to fulfil the gentleman's first requirement? Exam question 2 of lesson 1954 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Snuff-box, part 13: Jack wins a castle, loses it, and sets out to find it» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Snuff-box, part 13…

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By what means did the three little red men enable Jack to fulfil the gentleman's first requirement?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** three little red men, Jack, gentleman · **What happens:** mean, enable, fulfil, require · **To what, where:** Jack, first requirement

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1954 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Snuff-box, part 13: Jack wins a castle, loses it, and sets out to find it» 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/1954-pg7439-part13/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1954-pg7439-part13:e2:1
# text = By what means did the three little red men enable Jack to fulfil the gentleman's first requirement?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
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=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
7	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	enable	enable	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
11	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	fulfil	fulfil	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	18	amod	_	_
18	requirement	requirement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	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 | **enable** | past · do-support | the three little red men | Jack |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fulfil** | to-infinitive | Jack *not said here* | the gentleman's first requirement |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **require** |  | the gentleman |  |  |  |  |  | nom requirement «cognition transitive»: 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 making a field of gold near the mansion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1954-pg7439-part13:e2:o1:1
# text = by making a field of gold near the mansion
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mansion	mansion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  | a field of gold |  | the mansion |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset field=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
by calling a storm upon the valley below

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1954-pg7439-part13:e2:o2:1
# text = by calling a storm upon the valley below
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	below	below	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund |  | a storm |  |  |  | upon the valley | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent storm=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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by producing a lake and warships before the mansion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1954-pg7439-part13:e2:o3:1
# text = by producing a lake and warships before the mansion
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	producing	produce	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	warships	warship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mansion	mansion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | gerund |  | a lake and warships |  |  | before the mansion |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lake=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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by producing a great lake and warships before the mansion and a golden bridge across it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1954-pg7439-part13:e2:o4:1
# text = by producing a great lake and warships before the mansion and a golden bridge across it
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	producing	produce	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	warships	warship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mansion	mansion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
15	across	across	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | gerund |  | a great lake and warships |  | bridge | before the mansion and a golden bridge |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lake=Result |

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