--- title: By what means did Blaize propose that the spring-root might be obtai… — Household Tales, The Spring-Root, part… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did Blaize propose that the spring-root might be obtained? Exam question 3 of lesson 686 «Household Tales, The Spring-Root, part 26: Blaize tells how to win the root, and poor Peter makes a plan» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/686-pg2435-part26/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/) / [Household Tales, The Spring-Root, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/686-pg2435-part26/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Household Tales, The Spring-Root, part 26: Blaize tells ho… By what means did Blaize propose that the spring-root might be obtained? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Blaize · **What happens:** mean, propose, obtain · **To what, where:** spring root This is exam question 3 of lesson 686 «Household Tales, The Spring-Root, part 26: Blaize tells how to win the root, and poor Peter makes a plan» 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/686-pg2435-part26/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:686-pg2435-part26:e3:1 # text = By what means did Blaize propose that the spring-root might be obtained? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 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 6 aux _ _ 5 Blaize Blaize PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 propose propose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 obtained obtain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **propose** | past · do-support | Blaize | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **obtain** | might · passive | | the spring root | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme | 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} Through a black woodpecker's nest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:686-pg2435-part26:e3:o1:1 # text = Through a black woodpecker's nest 1 Through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 woodpecker woodpecker NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Through the spring by the mill ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:686-pg2435-part26:e3:o2:1 # text = Through the spring by the mill 1 Through through ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mill mill NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} By a spade ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:686-pg2435-part26:e3:o3:1 # text = By a spade 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 spade spade NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Using a rope ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:686-pg2435-part26:e3:o4:1 # text = Using a rope 1 Using use VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | gerund | | a rope | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=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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