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title: What precise instruction did the Wind give the man regarding taverns? — Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Story of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: What precise instruction did the Wind give the man regarding taverns? Exam question 3 of lesson 1098 «Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Story of the Wind, part 4: the poor man gets a magic sack and loses it in a tavern» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Exam question 3 · Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Story of the Wind, part 4: the p…

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What precise instruction did the Wind give the man regarding taverns?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Wind · **What happens:** give, regard · **To what, where:** man

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1098 «Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Story of the Wind, part 4: the poor man gets a magic sack and loses it in a tavern» 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/1098-pg29672-part4/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1098-pg29672-part4:e3:1
# text = What precise instruction did the Wind give the man regarding taverns?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obl	_	_
2	precise	precise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Wind	Wind	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	case	_	_
11	taverns	tavern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · do-support | the Wind | the man |  |  |  | regard taverns | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme |
| 2 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 {#o1}

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That he must avoid all inns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1098-pg29672-part4:e3:o1:1
# text = That he must avoid all inns
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	inns	inn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | must | That | all inns |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent inn=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That he must sleep at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1098-pg29672-part4:e3:o2:1
# text = That he must sleep at home
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | must | That |  |  | home |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That he must not stop at any inn on the way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1098-pg29672-part4:e3:o3:1
# text = That he must not stop at any inn on the way
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	inn	inn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **stop** | must | That |  |  | any inn |  | on the way | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at inn=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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That he must enter no tavern on his way home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1098-pg29672-part4:e3:o4:1
# text = That he must enter no tavern on his way home
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	enter	enter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	tavern	tavern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	home	home	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enter** | must | That | no tavern |  | his way |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tavern=Destination |

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