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title: By what means did the Lord relieve the inhabitants of Troyan of thei… — Songs of the Russian People, Saints an… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the Lord relieve the inhabitants of Troyan of their thirst? Exam question 2 of lesson 485 «Songs of the Russian People, Saints and Heathen Gods, part 77: St. Andrew, St. George and St. Nicholas each help or punish people in their own way» of the books course of Mova's primary schoo
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# Exam question 2 · Songs of the Russian People, Saints and Heathen Gods, part…

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By what means did the Lord relieve the inhabitants of Troyan of their thirst?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lord, inhabitants · **What happens:** mean, relieve, thirst · **To what, where:** inhabitants

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 485 «Songs of the Russian People, Saints and Heathen Gods, part 77: St. Andrew, St. George and St. Nicholas each help or punish people in their own way» 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/485-pg22373-part77/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:485-pg22373-part77:e2:1
# text = By what means did the Lord relieve the inhabitants of Troyan of their thirst?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	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	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	relieve	relieve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Troyan	Troyan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	thirst	thirst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	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 |
| 2 | **relieve** | past · do-support | the Lord | the inhabitants of Troyan of inhabitants's thirst |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus inhabitant=Experiencer |
| 3 | **thirst** |  | inhabitants *= inhabitant* |  |  |  |  |  | nom thirst «state intransitive»: poss=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 digging wells

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:485-pg22373-part77:e2:o1:1
# text = by digging wells
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	digging	dig	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	wells	well	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | gerund |  | wells |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent well=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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by providing a deep lake near the city

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:485-pg22373-part77:e2:o2:1
# text = by providing a deep lake near the city
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	providing	provide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	near	near	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** | gerund |  | a deep lake |  | the city |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition lake=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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by bringing rivers from the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:485-pg22373-part77:e2:o3:1
# text = by bringing rivers from the sea
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	bringing	bring	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | gerund |  | rivers |  | the sea |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent river=Theme from sea=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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by opening a spring in the hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:485-pg22373-part77:e2:o4:1
# text = by opening a spring in the hills
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	opening	open	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | gerund |  |  |  | the hills | spring |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hill=Location |

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