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title: By what means did Ariadne gain passage through the marble wall? — Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 7… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did Ariadne gain passage through the marble wall? Exam question 2 of lesson 2048 «Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 7: Ariadne frees Theseus and gives him a silken string to find his way through the maze.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 2 · Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 7: Ariadne frees Thes…

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By what means did Ariadne gain passage through the marble wall?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ariadne · **What happens:** mean, gain · **To what, where:** passage, marble wall · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 2048 «Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 7: Ariadne frees Theseus and gives him a silken string to find his way through the maze.» 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/2048-pg976-part7/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2048-pg976-part7:e2:1
# text = By what means did Ariadne gain passage through the marble wall?
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Ariadne	Ariadne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gain	gain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	through	through	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	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 clause=Topic |
| 2 | **gain** | past · do-support | Ariadne | passage |  | the marble wall |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent passage=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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pressure applied upon a particular block of marble by her own hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2048-pg976-part7:e2:o1:1
# text = pressure applied upon a particular block of marble by her own hand
1	pressure	pressure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	block	block	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | participle |  | pressure *not said here* |  | a particular block of marble |  | by her own hand | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon block=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the turning of an iron ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2048-pg976-part7:e2:o2:1
# text = the turning of an iron ring
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	turning	turning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	iron	iron	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** |  | a iron ring |  |  |  |  |  | nom turning «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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pressing hard upon the marble block near the old gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2048-pg976-part7:e2:o3:1
# text = pressing hard upon the marble block near the old gate
1	pressing	press	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	marble	marble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	block	block	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | gerund |  |  |  | the old gate |  | upon the marble block; hard *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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pressure upon a particular block

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2048-pg976-part7:e2:o4:1
# text = pressure upon a particular block
1	pressure	pressure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	block	block	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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