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title: What instruction did the wise Woman give the maiden regarding the re… — Grimm's Household Tales, Little One-Ey… · tree and pragmatics
description: What instruction did the wise Woman give the maiden regarding the remains of the slaughtered goat? Exam question 4 of lesson 129 «Grimm's Household Tales, Little One-Eye, Two-Eyes and Three-Eyes, part 1: the Queen learns the Dwarf's name, then Two-Eyes finds a magic table and loses her goat» of the 
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm's Household Tales, Little One-Eye, Two-Eyes and Thre…

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What instruction did the wise Woman give the maiden regarding the remains of the slaughtered goat?

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

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 129 «Grimm's Household Tales, Little One-Eye, Two-Eyes and Three-Eyes, part 1: the Queen learns the Dwarf's name, then Two-Eyes finds a magic table and loses her goat» 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/129-pg11027-part32/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:129-pg11027-part32:e4:1
# text = What instruction did the wise Woman give the maiden regarding the remains of the slaughtered goat?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Woman	woman	NOUN	NN	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	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	7	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	slaughtered	slaughter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	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 | what instruction | the maiden |  |  |  | regard the remains of the slaughtered goat | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme |
| 2 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **slaughter** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «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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To bury the innards in the yard by the well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:129-pg11027-part32:e4:o1:1
# text = To bury the innards in the yard by the well
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	bury	bury	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	innards	innards	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | to-infinitive |  | the innards |  |  |  | in the yard; by the well | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent innards=Theme in yard=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To bury the guts beside the garden gate at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:129-pg11027-part32:e4:o2:1
# text = To bury the guts beside the garden gate at dawn
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	bury	bury	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	guts	gut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | to-infinitive |  | the guts |  | the garden gate | dawn |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gut=Theme beside gate=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To bury the entrails before the threshold of the door, and to say a prayer over them each morning

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:129-pg11027-part32:e4:o3:1
# text = To bury the entrails before the threshold of the door, and to say a prayer over them each morning
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	bury	bury	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	entrails	entrail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	threshold	threshold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	over	over	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
19	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	20	det	_	_
20	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | to-infinitive |  | the entrails |  | the threshold of the door |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent entrail=Theme before threshold=Destination |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  | a prayer |  |  | morning | over entrails *= entrail* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic |

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

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To bury the entrails before the threshold of the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:129-pg11027-part32:e4:o4:1
# text = To bury the entrails before the threshold of the door
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	bury	bury	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	entrails	entrail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	threshold	threshold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | to-infinitive |  | the entrails |  | the threshold of the door |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent entrail=Theme before threshold=Destination |

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