--- title: By what means was the exhausted stork first secured on the vessel? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie, p… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means was the exhausted stork first secured on the vessel? Exam question 2 of lesson 927 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie, part 138: Hjalmar sails with Ole, rescues a tired stork, and rides to a mouse wedding» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/927-pg27200-part138/e2/) [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, Ole-Luk-Oie, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/927-pg27200-part138/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie, part 138: Hjalmar sai… By what means was the exhausted stork first secured on the vessel? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, exhaust, be, secure · **To what, where:** exhausted stork, vessel This is exam question 2 of lesson 927 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie, part 138: Hjalmar sails with Ole, rescues a tired stork, and rides to a mouse wedding» 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/927-pg27200-part138/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:927-pg27200-part138:e2:1 # text = By what means was the exhausted stork first secured on the vessel? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 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 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 exhausted exhaust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 advmod _ _ 9 secured secure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 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 | **exhaust** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | past | | the exhausted stork | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **secure** | participle | | the exhausted stork *not said here* | | the vessel | | first *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on vessel=Source | 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 {#o1} by being carried aboard in a sack of grain ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:927-pg27200-part138:e2:o1:1 # text = by being carried aboard in a sack of grain 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 aboard aboard ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | gerund · passive | | | | | | aboard a sack of grain | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP» | ### Option 2 {#o2} by sailors who tied his legs to the mast with string ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:927-pg27200-part138:e2:o2:1 # text = by sailors who tied his legs to the mast with string 1 by by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 sailors sailor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 mast mast NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tie** | past | sailors | his legs | | | | to the mast; with string | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent leg=Patient to mast=Co-Patient with string=Instrument | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} by being caught by a sailor-boy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:927-pg27200-part138:e2:o3:1 # text = by being caught by a sailor-boy 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 sailor sailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:agent _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | gerund · passive | a sailor boy | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} by the sailor-boy's wooden net ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:927-pg27200-part138:e2:o4:1 # text = by the sailor-boy's wooden net 1 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 sailor sailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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