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description: In what manner does the huntsman discipline the witch and her companions at the close? Exam question 3 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, with 
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# Exam question 3 · Household Tales, The Wishing-Cloak: the huntsman tricks th…

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In what manner does the huntsman discipline the witch and her companions at the close?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** huntsman · **What happens:** discipline · **To what, where:** witch, manner

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:e3:1
# text = In what manner does the huntsman discipline the witch and her companions at the close?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	huntsman	huntsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	discipline	discipline	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	companions	companion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	close	close	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discipline** | present · do-support | the huntsman | the witch and huntsman's companions |  | what manner |  | at the close | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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by sending them away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:e3:o1:1
# text = by sending them away
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sending	send	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send away** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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by making them work at the mill all day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:e3:o2:1
# text = by making them work at the mill all day
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	work	work	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |
| 2 | **work** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | day | at the mill | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at mill=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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by assigning them unequal stripes and fodder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:e3:o3:1
# text = by assigning them unequal stripes and fodder
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	assigning	assign	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	unequal	unequal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	stripes	stripe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	fodder	fodder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assign** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent they=Goal stripe=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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by assigning them unequal stripes and fodder and then leaving them alone at the mill for good

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:e3:o4:1
# text = by assigning them unequal stripes and fodder and then leaving them alone at the mill for good
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	assigning	assign	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	unequal	unequal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	stripes	stripe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	fodder	fodder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assign** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent they=Goal stripe=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund |  | stripes *= stripe* |  | the mill | then | for good; alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme at mill=Location |

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