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title: By what means did the wolf disguise himself upon entering the grandm… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Little Red-Cap, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the wolf disguise himself upon entering the grandmother's dwelling? Exam question 1 of lesson 746 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Little Red-Cap, part 1: a wolf tricks Red-Cap off the path and eats her grandmother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Little Red-Cap, part 1: a wolf tricks…

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By what means did the wolf disguise himself upon entering the grandmother's dwelling?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, do, enter · **To what, where:** wolf disguise, dwelling · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 746 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Little Red-Cap, part 1: a wolf tricks Red-Cap off the path and eats her grandmother» 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/746-pg2591-part22/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:746-pg2591-part22:e1:1
# text = By what means did the wolf disguise himself upon entering the grandmother's dwelling?
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	disguise	disguise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	entering	enter	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	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 clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the wolf disguise |  |  |  | himself *= he* *obl:unmarked* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disguise=Eventuality |
| 3 | **enter** | gerund |  | the grandmother's dwelling |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme dwelling=Destination |

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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 wearing her clothes and hat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:746-pg2591-part22:e1:o1:1
# text = by wearing her clothes and hat
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | gerund |  | her clothes and hat |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent clothes=Source |

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

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by donning her garments and cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:746-pg2591-part22:e1:o2:1
# text = by donning her garments and cap
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	donning	don	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	garments	garment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **don** | gerund |  | her garments and cap |  |  |  |  | vn simple\_dressing-41.3.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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with her dress and nightcap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:746-pg2591-part22:e1:o3:1
# text = with her dress and nightcap
1	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	nightcap	nightcap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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by carefully donning all of her garments and her cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:746-pg2591-part22:e1:o4:1
# text = by carefully donning all of her garments and her cap
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	donning	don	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	garments	garment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **don** | gerund |  | her garments and her cap |  |  |  | carefully *property* | vn simple\_dressing-41.3.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=Theme |

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