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description: What did Thakane's father instruct his servants to do after he had decided upon his course? Exam question 3 of lesson 1224 «Folk Tales, The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé, part 2: Thakane is taken to the ogre, and the animals ask why» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 3 · Folk Tales, The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé, part 2: Thakane…

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What did Thakane's father instruct his servants to do after he had decided upon his course?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** father · **What happens:** instruct, do, decide · **To what, where:** servants

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1224 «Folk Tales, The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé, part 2: Thakane is taken to the ogre, and the animals ask why» 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/1224-pg3282-part25/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1224-pg3282-part25:e3:1
# text = What did Thakane's father instruct his servants to do after he had decided upon his course?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	Thakane	Thakane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	instruct	instruct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
11	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	decided	decide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
15	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **instruct** *speech: other* | past · do-support | Thakane's father | father's servants |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | Thakane's father *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **decide** | past · perfect | father |  |  |  |  | upon father's course | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Nothing, since he chose to go alone with his daughter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1224-pg3282-part25:e3:o1:1
# text = Nothing, since he chose to go alone with his daughter
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | past | he | Nothing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with his daughter; alone *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with daughter=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Return home with the cattle and all the servants safely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1224-pg3282-part25:e3:o2:1
# text = Return home with the cattle and all the servants safely
1	Return	return	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	home	home	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
10	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the cattle and all servants; home, safely *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, since he chose to go alone with his daughter and wanted no witnesses to the sacrifice at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1224-pg3282-part25:e3:o3:1
# text = Nothing, since he chose to go alone with his daughter and wanted no witnesses to the sacrifice at all
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	15	det	_	_
15	witnesses	witness	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | past | he | Nothing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with his daughter; alone *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with daughter=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **want** | past | he *not said here* | no witnesses |  | all |  | to the sacrifice | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent witness=Theme to sacrifice=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Gather all the servants and march them to the ogre's hut as an escort for his daughter's sad journey

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1224-pg3282-part25:e3:o4:1
# text = Gather all the servants and march them to the ogre's hut as an escort for his daughter's sad journey
1	Gather	gather	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	march	march	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ogre	ogre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	escort	escort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | imperative | you *not said here* | all servants |  |  |  | as a escort; for his daughter's sad journey | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent servant=Theme for journey=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **march** | infinitive | you *not said here* | servants *= servant* |  | the ogre's hut |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme to hut=Trajectory |
| 3 | **journey** |  | his daughter |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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