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description: In what manner did Aphtanides first make the acquaintance of the narrator? Exam question 4 of lesson 830 «Greek Tales, The Stag Who Shed Red Tears, part 41: a stray girl becomes a sister, then the father dies» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Exam question 4 · Greek Tales, The Stag Who Shed Red Tears, part 41: a stray…

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In what manner did Aphtanides first make the acquaintance of the narrator?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Aphtanides · **What happens:** do, make, acquaint · **To what, where:** manner, acquaintance, narrator

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 830 «Greek Tales, The Stag Who Shed Red Tears, part 41: a stray girl becomes a sister, then the father dies» 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/830-pg27200-part41/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:830-pg27200-part41:e4:1
# text = In what manner did Aphtanides first make the acquaintance of the narrator?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Aphtanides	aphtanide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	advmod	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	acquaintance	acquaintance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  | what manner |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present | Aphtanides | the acquaintance of the narrator |  |  |  | first *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset acquaintance=Product |
| 3 | **acquaint** |  |  | the narrator |  |  |  |  | nom acquaintance «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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 running to him across the courtyard and shouting a greeting from the village

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:830-pg27200-part41:e4:o1:1
# text = By running to him across the courtyard and shouting a greeting from the village
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	across	across	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	greeting	greeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund |  |  | him *= he* | the courtyard |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to he=Result |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  | a greeting |  | the village |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent greeting=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By kissing him in the church at Easter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:830-pg27200-part41:e4:o2:1
# text = By kissing him in the church at Easter
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	kissing	kiss	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Easter	Easter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kiss** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  | the church |  | at Easter | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |

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

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By embracing him and proclaiming Christ is risen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:830-pg27200-part41:e4:o3:1
# text = By embracing him and proclaiming Christ is risen
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	embracing	embrace	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	proclaiming	proclaim	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
6	Christ	Christ	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	risen	rise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **embrace** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **proclaim** | gerund |  | Christ |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent christ=Theme |
| 3 | **rise** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By sharing his bread at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:830-pg27200-part41:e4:o4:1
# text = By sharing his bread at dawn
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sharing	share	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | gerund |  | his bread |  |  | dawn |  | tree rules |

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