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title: By what means did the Beetle avenge the disrespect shown to her? — Aesop's Fables, The Miser, part 1: a M… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the Beetle avenge the disrespect shown to her? Exam question 3 of lesson 373 «Aesop's Fables, The Miser, part 1: a Miser's buried gold is stolen, and a stranger gives strange advice» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Miser, part 1: a Miser's buried gold i…

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By what means did the Beetle avenge the disrespect shown to her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, do, avenge, show · **To what, where:** Beetle, disrespect · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 373 «Aesop's Fables, The Miser, part 1: a Miser's buried gold is stolen, and a stranger gives strange advice» 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/373-pg19994-part12/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:373-pg19994-part12:e3:1
# text = By what means did the Beetle avenge the disrespect shown to her?
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	Beetle	Beetle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	avenge	avenge	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	disrespect	disrespect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	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 Beetle |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beetle=Eventuality |
| 3 | **avenge** | present |  | the disrespect |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **show** | participle |  | the disrespect *not said here* | Beetle |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient |

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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 stealing the Eagle's young ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:373-pg19994-part12:e3:o1:1
# text = By stealing the Eagle's young ones
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | gerund |  | young ones | the Eagle |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent eagle=Beneficiary one=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By flying up to the Eagle's nest and pushing out every single egg

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:373-pg19994-part12:e3:o2:1
# text = By flying up to the Eagle's nest and pushing out every single egg
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
13	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly up** | gerund |  |  |  | the Eagle's nest |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to nest=Destination |
| 2 | **push out** | gerund |  | every single egg |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By rolling all of the Eagle's precious eggs out of the nest and onto the ground

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:373-pg19994-part12:e3:o3:1
# text = By rolling all of the Eagle's precious eggs out of the nest and onto the ground
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	rolling	roll	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll** | gerund |  | all |  | the nest and the ground |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent all=Theme out nest=Trajectory |

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

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By rolling the Eagle's eggs from the nest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:373-pg19994-part12:e3:o4:1
# text = By rolling the Eagle's eggs from the nest
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	rolling	roll	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll** | gerund |  | the Eagle's eggs |  | the nest |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent egg=Theme from nest=Trajectory |

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