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title: What instruction did the queen give concerning the Gruagach's mole? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sword of Light… · tree and pragmatics
description: What instruction did the queen give concerning the Gruagach's mole? Exam question 4 of lesson 1289 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sword of Light, part 14: the king loses the last game and rides off to steal the sword» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Exam question 4 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sword of Light, part 14: the king…

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What instruction did the queen give concerning the Gruagach's mole?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** instruction, queen · **What happens:** do, give, concern · **To what, where:** mole

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1289 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sword of Light, part 14: the king loses the last game and rides off to steal the sword» 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/1289-pg3454-part14/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1289-pg3454-part14:e4:1
# text = What instruction did the queen give concerning the Gruagach's mole?
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	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Gruagach	Gruagach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | what instruction |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present | the queen |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the queen *not said here* | the Gruagach's mole |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mole=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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hide the mole beneath cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1289-pg3454-part14:e4:o1:1
# text = hide the mole beneath cloth
1	hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | the mole |  | cloth |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent mole=Patient beneath cloth=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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avoid the mole entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1289-pg3454-part14:e4:o2:1
# text = avoid the mole entirely
1	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | imperative | you *not said here* | the mole |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent mole=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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kiss the mole for luck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1289-pg3454-part14:e4:o3:1
# text = kiss the mole for luck
1	kiss	kiss	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kiss** | imperative | you *not said here* | the mole |  |  |  | for luck | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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strike the mole with the point

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1289-pg3454-part14:e4:o4:1
# text = strike the mole with the point
1	strike	strike	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | imperative | you *not said here* | the mole |  |  |  | with the point | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent mole=Patient with point=Instrument |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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