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title: By what means did the transformed woman regain her human form at sun… — Viking Tales, Helga, part 103: the fro… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the transformed woman regain her human form at sunrise? Exam question 2 of lesson 892 «Viking Tales, Helga, part 103: the frog frees the priest, and at sunrise Helga turns back into a girl» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Exam question 2 · Viking Tales, Helga, part 103: the frog frees the priest,…

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By what means did the transformed woman regain her human form at sunrise?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** transformed woman, woman · **What happens:** mean, transform, regain, form · **To what, where:** human form

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 892 «Viking Tales, Helga, part 103: the frog frees the priest, and at sunrise Helga turns back into a girl» 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/892-pg27200-part103/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:892-pg27200-part103:e2:1
# text = By what means did the transformed woman regain her human form at sunrise?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	transformed	transform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	regain	regain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	sunrise	sunrise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **transform** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **regain** | past · do-support | the transformed woman | woman's human form |  |  | sunrise |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme |
| 4 | **form** |  | woman |  |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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Recitation of a holy prayer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:892-pg27200-part103:e2:o1:1
# text = Recitation of a holy prayer
1	Recitation	recitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recite** |  |  | a holy prayer |  |  |  |  | nom recitation «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Exposure to the first sunbeam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:892-pg27200-part103:e2:o2:1
# text = Exposure to the first sunbeam
1	Exposure	exposure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	sunbeam	sunbeam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Immersion in the spring water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:892-pg27200-part103:e2:o3:1
# text = Immersion in the spring water
1	Immersion	immersion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Removal of the iron bolt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:892-pg27200-part103:e2:o4:1
# text = Removal of the iron bolt
1	Removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	iron	iron	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bolt	bolt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** |  |  | the iron bolt |  |  |  |  | nom removal «act transitive»: of=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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