--- title: What instruction did the mistress give the girl concerning the sieve? — Crimson Fairy Book, The Two Caskets, p… · tree and pragmatics description: What instruction did the mistress give the girl concerning the sieve? Exam question 2 of lesson 1150 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Two Caskets, part 16: the girl falls down the well and is kind to a fence, an oven and a cow, then finds work on a farm» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1150-pg3027-part16/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/) / [Crimson Fairy Book, The Two Caskets, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1150-pg3027-part16/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Crimson Fairy Book, The Two Caskets, part 16: the girl fal… What instruction did the mistress give the girl concerning the sieve? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** instruction, mistress, girl · **What happens:** do, give, concern · **To what, where:** girl, sieve This is exam question 2 of lesson 1150 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Two Caskets, part 16: the girl falls down the well and is kind to a fence, an oven and a cow, then finds work on a farm» 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/1150-pg3027-part16/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1150-pg3027-part16:e2:1 # text = What instruction did the mistress give the girl concerning the sieve? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 instruction instruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sieve sieve NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | what instruction | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | present | the mistress | the girl | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme | | 3 | **concern** | gerund | the girl *not said here* | the sieve | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sieve=Experiencer | 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} to sweep the yard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1150-pg3027-part16:e2:o1:1 # text = to sweep the yard 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 sweep sweep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sweep** | to-infinitive | | the yard | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme yard=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} to fill it with water and bring it home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1150-pg3027-part16:e2:o2:1 # text = to fill it with water and bring it home 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 fill fill VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 home home ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill** | to-infinitive | | it | | | | with water | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with water=Instrument | | 2 | **bring** | infinitive | | water | | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} to fetch wood and bring it back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1150-pg3027-part16:e2:o3:1 # text = to fetch wood and bring it back 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 fetch fetch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | | wood | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Theme | | 2 | **bring back** | infinitive | | wood | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} to wash it in the stream and dry it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1150-pg3027-part16:e2:o4:1 # text = to wash it in the stream and dry it 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 wash wash VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 dry dry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wash** | to-infinitive | | it | | the stream | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **dry** | infinitive | | stream | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result | **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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