--- title: By what method did Tiidu prepare the remedy administered to the roya… — Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper: Tiid… · tree and pragmatics description: By what method did Tiidu prepare the remedy administered to the royal patients? Exam question 3 of lesson 680 «Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper: Tiidu sells magic apples at the palace, and the royal noses grow.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/680-pg2435-part20/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper: Tiid…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/680-pg2435-part20/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper: Tiidu sells magic apples… By what method did Tiidu prepare the remedy administered to the royal patients? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Tiidu · **What happens:** prepare, administer · **To what, where:** remedy, royal patients This is exam question 3 of lesson 680 «Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper: Tiidu sells magic apples at the palace, and the royal noses grow.» 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/680-pg2435-part20/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:680-pg2435-part20:e3:1 # text = By what method did Tiidu prepare the remedy administered to the royal patients? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 3 method method NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Tiidu Tiidu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 prepare prepare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 remedy remedy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 administered administer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 patients patient NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prepare** | past · do-support | Tiidu | the remedy | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent what=Beneficiary remedy=Product | | 2 | **administer** | participle | | the remedy *not said here* | the royal patients | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to patient=Recipient | 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} Pounding the nuts to powder ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:680-pg2435-part20:e3:o1:1 # text = Pounding the nuts to powder 1 Pounding pound VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 powder powder VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pound** | gerund | | the nuts | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Product | | 2 | **powder** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Mixing oils ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:680-pg2435-part20:e3:o2:1 # text = Mixing oils 1 Mixing mix VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 oils oil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mix** | gerund | | oils | | | | | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oil=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Grinding the leaves in water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:680-pg2435-part20:e3:o3:1 # text = Grinding the leaves in water 1 Grinding grind VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grind** | gerund | | the leaves | | water | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Boiling herbs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:680-pg2435-part20:e3:o4:1 # text = Boiling herbs 1 Boiling boil VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 amod _ _ 2 herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **boil** | gerund | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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