--- title: By what means did the old woman intend to employ the stone within he… — English Fairy Tales, The Hedley Kow: a… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the old woman intend to employ the stone within her dwelling? Exam question 3 of lesson 243 «English Fairy Tales, The Hedley Kow: a poor old woman's black pot turns from gold to silver to iron to stone, and then into a horse-sized kow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/243-pg14241-part10/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [English Fairy Tales, The Hedley Kow: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/243-pg14241-part10/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, The Hedley Kow: a poor old woman's bl… By what means did the old woman intend to employ the stone within her dwelling? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old woman · **What happens:** mean, intend, employ · **To what, where:** stone This is exam question 3 of lesson 243 «English Fairy Tales, The Hedley Kow: a poor old woman's black pot turns from gold to silver to iron to stone, and then into a horse-sized kow» 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/243-pg14241-part10/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:243-pg14241-part10:e3:1 # text = By what means did the old woman intend to employ the stone within her dwelling? 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 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 intend intend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 employ employ VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 within within ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **intend** | past · do-support | the old woman | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **employ** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the old woman *not said here* | the stone | | | | within woman's dwelling | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} as a doorstop ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:243-pg14241-part10:e3:o1:1 # text = as a doorstop 1 as as ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 doorstop doorstop NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a weight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:243-pg14241-part10:e3:o2:1 # text = a weight 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} to hold the gate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:243-pg14241-part10:e3:o3:1 # text = to hold the gate 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | to-infinitive | | the gate | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} a gate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:243-pg14241-part10:e3:o4:1 # text = a gate 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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