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title: With what instrument did the maiden effect the descent of the murder… — Folk-Tales, The Waters of Life and Dea… · tree and pragmatics
description: With what instrument did the maiden effect the descent of the murderer into the well? Exam question 1 of lesson 461 «Folk-Tales, The Waters of Life and Death, part 53: magic water brings the dead back, and Snakes and cliffs guard the flasks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dep
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# Exam question 1 · Folk-Tales, The Waters of Life and Death, part 53: magic w…

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With what instrument did the maiden effect the descent of the murderer into the well?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** murderer · **What happens:** do, descend · **To what, where:** maiden effect, well

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 461 «Folk-Tales, The Waters of Life and Death, part 53: magic water brings the dead back, and Snakes and cliffs guard the flasks» 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/461-pg22373-part53/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:461-pg22373-part53:e1:1
# text = With what instrument did the maiden effect the descent of the murderer into the well?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	instrument	instrument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	descent	descent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	murderer	murderer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the maiden effect |  | the well |  | with what instrument | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Eventuality |
| 2 | **descend** |  | the murderer |  |  |  |  |  | nom descent «event intransitive»: of=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 means of her remarkably long hair and a bucket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:461-pg22373-part53:e1:o1:1
# text = by means of her remarkably long hair and a bucket
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	remarkably	remarkably	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  | long hair and a bucket |  |  |  | of her *= she* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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by means of a silken cord

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:461-pg22373-part53:e1:o2:1
# text = by means of a silken cord
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	silken	silken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cord	cord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of a silken cord | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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by means of her remarkably long hair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:461-pg22373-part53:e1:o3:1
# text = by means of her remarkably long hair
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	remarkably	remarkably	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  | long hair |  |  |  | of her *= she* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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through her long golden braid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:461-pg22373-part53:e1:o4:1
# text = through her long golden braid
1	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	braid	braid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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