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title: In what manner was the rebellion ultimately quelled? — Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Johnny… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner was the rebellion ultimately quelled? Exam question 3 of lesson 246 «Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Johnny Gloke: a lazy tailor kills giants, wins a princess and becomes king» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Exam question 3 · Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Johnny Gloke: a lazy tailor…

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In what manner was the rebellion ultimately quelled?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, quell · **To what, where:** rebellion, manner

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 246 «Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Johnny Gloke: a lazy tailor kills giants, wins a princess and becomes king» 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/246-pg14241-part13/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:246-pg14241-part13:e3:1
# text = In what manner was the rebellion ultimately quelled?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rebellion	rebellion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	quelled	quell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the rebellion |  | what manner |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **quell** | participle |  | the rebellion *not said here* |  |  |  | ultimately *property* | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=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 the gallows frightening the rebels away from the castle walls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:246-pg14241-part13:e3:o1:1
# text = By the gallows frightening the rebels away from the castle walls
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	gallows	gallows	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	frightening	frightening	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rebels	rebel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By Johnny riding out alone and hanging their ringleaders one by one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:246-pg14241-part13:e3:o2:1
# text = By Johnny riding out alone and hanging their ringleaders one by one
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	Johnny	Johnny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	riding	ride	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	ringleaders	ringleader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	obl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride out** | gerund | Johnny |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hang** | gerund | Johnny *not said here* | their ringleaders |  |  |  | one by one *obl* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ringleader=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By a long and bloody siege of the walls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:246-pg14241-part13:e3:o3:1
# text = By a long and bloody siege of the walls
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	siege	siege	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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By the gallows frightening the rebels away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:246-pg14241-part13:e3:o4:1
# text = By the gallows frightening the rebels away
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	gallows	gallows	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	frightening	frightening	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rebels	rebel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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

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