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description: Which of the following is the principal means by which the huntsman effects his escape from the granite mountain? Exam question 1 of lesson 780 «Household Tales, The Wishing-Cloak: the huntsman tricks the witch, her maid and the lady, and turns the tables on them with salad» of the books course of M
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# Exam question 1 · Household Tales, The Wishing-Cloak: the huntsman tricks th…

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Which of the following is the principal means by which the huntsman effects his escape from the granite mountain?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** his · **What happens:** follow, be, mean, escape · **To what, where:** granite mountain

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 780 «Household Tales, The Wishing-Cloak: the huntsman tricks the witch, her maid and the lady, and turns the tables on them with salad» 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/780-pg2591-part56/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:e1:1
# text = Which of the following is the principal means by which the huntsman effects his escape from the granite mountain?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	principal	principal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	huntsman	huntsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	effects	effect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	escape	escape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	granite	granite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the principal | tree rules |
| 3 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | by the huntsman effects and his escape from the granite mountain | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **escape** |  | his *= he* |  |  | the granite mountain |  |  | nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent from=place |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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a cloud carrying him away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:e1:o1:1
# text = a cloud carrying him away
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry away** | gerund | a cloud *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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a sudden flight on wings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:e1:o2:1
# text = a sudden flight on wings
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the lady's secret plan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:e1:o3:1
# text = the lady's secret plan
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** |  | the lady |  |  |  |  |  | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the bird's wing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:e1:o4:1
# text = the bird's wing
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	wing	wing	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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