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title: What was the principal means employed by the travellers to repel the… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes o… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the principal means employed by the travellers to repel the insects? Exam question 4 of lesson 842 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 53: the clerk wakes at his table; the student's goloshes carry him to Italy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 53:…

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What was the principal means employed by the travellers to repel the insects?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** principal · **What happens:** be, mean, employ, repel · **To what, where:** insects · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 842 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 53: the clerk wakes at his table; the student's goloshes carry him to Italy» 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/842-pg27200-part53/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:842-pg27200-part53:e4:1
# text = What was the principal means employed by the travellers to repel the insects?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	repel	repel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the principal |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **employ** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the travellers | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **repel** | to-infinitive |  | the insects |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus insect=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a myrtle branch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:842-pg27200-part53:e4:o1:1
# text = a myrtle branch
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	myrtle	myrtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a green wet cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:842-pg27200-part53:e4:o2:1
# text = a green wet cloth
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a long branch of a sweet-smelling tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:842-pg27200-part53:e4:o3:1
# text = a long branch of a sweet-smelling tree
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	smelling	smell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	amod	_	_
9	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a bundle of dried green herbs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:842-pg27200-part53:e4:o4:1
# text = a bundle of dried green herbs
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bundle	bundle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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