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title: By what means did the creature conclude its interview with Tom? — Yallery Brown, Yallery Brown, part 6:… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the creature conclude its interview with Tom? Exam question 1 of lesson 239 «Yallery Brown, Yallery Brown, part 6: Tom's helper ruins his work and he gets the sack» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Exam question 1 · Yallery Brown, Yallery Brown, part 6: Tom's helper ruins h…

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By what means did the creature conclude its interview with Tom?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** creature · **What happens:** mean, do, conclude, interview · **To what, where:** creature, interview · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 239 «Yallery Brown, Yallery Brown, part 6: Tom's helper ruins his work and he gets the sack» 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/239-pg14241-part6/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:239-pg14241-part6:e1:1
# text = By what means did the creature conclude its interview with Tom?
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	7	advcl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	conclude	conclude	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	interview	interview	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 | **do** | past |  | the creature |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creature=Eventuality |
| 3 | **conclude** | present |  | creature's interview |  |  |  | with Tom | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector interview=Eventuality with tom=Subeventuality |
| 4 | **interview** |  | creature |  |  |  |  |  | nom interview «communication 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 {#o1}

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by floating away on a dandelion seed in the breeze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:239-pg14241-part6:e1:o1:1
# text = by floating away on a dandelion seed in the breeze
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	floating	float	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	dandelion	dandelion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	breeze	breeze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float away** | gerund |  |  |  | a dandelion seed in the breeze |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on seed=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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by blowing away on a dandelion puff in a gust

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:239-pg14241-part6:e1:o2:1
# text = by blowing away on a dandelion puff in a gust
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	blowing	blow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	dandelion	dandelion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	puff	puff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	gust	gust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow away** | gerund |  |  |  | a dandelion puff |  | in a gust; away *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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by blowing a dandelion puff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:239-pg14241-part6:e1:o3:1
# text = by blowing a dandelion puff
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	blowing	blow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	dandelion	dandelion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	puff	puff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | gerund |  | a dandelion puff |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent puff=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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through a gap in the hedge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:239-pg14241-part6:e1:o4:1
# text = through a gap in the hedge
1	through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	gap	gap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hedge	hedge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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