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title: By what means was Helga restored to her human form? — Andersen's Tales, The Storks: Helga be… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means was Helga restored to her human form? Exam question 2 of lesson 895 «Andersen's Tales, The Storks: Helga becomes a swan, flies to Egypt, and wakes her grandfather» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Storks: Helga becomes a swan, flies…

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By what means was Helga restored to her human form?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Helga · **What happens:** mean, be, form

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 895 «Andersen's Tales, The Storks: Helga becomes a swan, flies to Egypt, and wakes her grandfather» 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/895-pg27200-part106/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:895-pg27200-part106:e2:1
# text = By what means was Helga restored to her human form?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	Helga	Helga	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	restored	restore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	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 | **is** | past | Helga |  |  |  |  | to Helga's human form; restore *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **form** |  | Helga |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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a kiss upon the forehead of the frog-child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:895-pg27200-part106:e2:o1:1
# text = a kiss upon the forehead of the frog-child
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kiss	kiss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	forehead	forehead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a blessing from the swan-mother's wing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:895-pg27200-part106:e2:o2:1
# text = a blessing from the swan-mother's wing
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	blessing	blessing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	swan	swan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a kiss upon the forehead of the frog-child by the swan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:895-pg27200-part106:e2:o3:1
# text = a kiss upon the forehead of the frog-child by the swan
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kiss	kiss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	forehead	forehead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	swan	swan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kiss** |  | the swan |  |  |  |  | upon the forehead of the frog child | nom kiss «act transitive»: upon=obl by=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a kiss upon the cheek of the frog-girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:895-pg27200-part106:e2:o4:1
# text = a kiss upon the cheek of the frog-girl
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kiss	kiss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cheek	cheek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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