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title: By what means did the King first become acquainted with the contents… — Russian Fairy Tales, The King and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the King first become acquainted with the contents of the red coffer? Exam question 2 of lesson 436 «Russian Fairy Tales, The King and the Eagle, part 28: the King opens the coffers and his son must be given up» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Fairy Tales, The King and the Eagle, part 28: the…

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By what means did the King first become acquainted with the contents of the red coffer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** King · **What happens:** mean, become

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 436 «Russian Fairy Tales, The King and the Eagle, part 28: the King opens the coffers and his son must be given up» 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/436-pg22373-part28/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:436-pg22373-part28:e2:1
# text = By what means did the King first become acquainted with the contents of the red coffer?
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	6	det	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	_
8	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	acquainted	acquainted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	contents	contents	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	coffer	coffer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	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 |
| 2 | **become** | past · do-support | the King |  |  |  |  | acquainted, first *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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By disobeying the Eagle's express instruction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:436-pg22373-part28:e2:o1:1
# text = By disobeying the Eagle's express instruction
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	disobeying	disobey	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	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	express	express	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disobey** | gerund |  | the Eagle's express instruction |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **instruct** |  | the Eagle |  |  |  |  |  | nom instruction «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By asking nicely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:436-pg22373-part28:e2:o2:1
# text = By asking nicely
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	nicely	nicely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | nicely *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By ignoring the Queen's advice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:436-pg22373-part28:e2:o3:1
# text = By ignoring the Queen's advice
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ignoring	ignore	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | gerund |  | the Queen's advice |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By breaking the lock with an axe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:436-pg22373-part28:e2:o4:1
# text = By breaking the lock with an axe
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	breaking	break	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | gerund |  | the lock |  |  |  | with a axe | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent lock=Patient with axe=Instrument |

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