--- title: By what means did the merchant's son achieve his removal to the land… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Tru… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the merchant's son achieve his removal to the land of Turkey? Exam question 3 of lesson 828 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: a burnt paper's last words, then a ruined son flies off in a magic trunk» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/828-pg27200-part39/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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Tru…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/828-pg27200-part39/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: a burnt… By what means did the merchant's son achieve his removal to the land of Turkey? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** son · **What happens:** mean, do, achieve, remove · **To what, where:** removal This is exam question 3 of lesson 828 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: a burnt paper's last words, then a ruined son flies off in a magic trunk» 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/828-pg27200-part39/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:e3:1 # text = By what means did the merchant's son achieve his removal to the land of Turkey? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 achieve achieve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 removal removal NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Turkey Turkey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **achieve** | infinitive | the merchant's son | son's removal | | | | to the land of Turkey | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent removal=Eventuality | | 4 | **remove** | | son | | | | | | nom removal «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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} By climbing into a carriage drawn by horses ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:e3:o1:1 # text = By climbing into a carriage drawn by horses 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 climbing climb VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb** | gerund | | | | a carriage | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into carriage=Destination | | 2 | **draw** | participle | | a carriage *not said here* | | | | by horses | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} By pressing a lock ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:e3:o2:1 # text = By pressing a lock 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 pressing press VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lock lock NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **press** | gerund | | a lock | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} By sailing on a painted ship ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:e3:o3:1 # text = By sailing on a painted ship 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 sailing sail VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sail** | gerund | | | | a painted ship | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **paint** | participle | | | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} By pressing the lock of a flying trunk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:e3:o4:1 # text = By pressing the lock of a flying trunk 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 pressing press VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lock lock NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 amod _ _ 8 trunk trunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **press** | gerund | | the lock of a flying trunk | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=Theme | | 2 | **fly** | gerund | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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