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title: Concerning the giant's final instruction, what task was the Prince d… — Norse Tales, East of the Sun and West… · tree and pragmatics
description: Concerning the giant's final instruction, what task was the Prince directed to perform? Exam question 2 of lesson 1442 «Norse Tales, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 29: the Prince learns tricks from the Master-maid and tames the fire horse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wi
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# Exam question 2 · Norse Tales, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 29…

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Concerning the giant's final instruction, what task was the Prince directed to perform?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** final instruction, Prince, giant · **What happens:** concern, task, be, perform, instruct

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1442 «Norse Tales, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 29: the Prince learns tricks from the Master-maid and tames the fire horse» 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/1442-pg503-part29/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1442-pg503-part29:e2:1
# text = Concerning the giant's final instruction, what task was the Prince directed to perform?
1	Concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
9	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	directed	direct	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	perform	perform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concern** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **task** |  | the giant's final instruction and task |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | the Prince |  |  |  |  | concern the giant's final instruction and task; direct *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **perform** | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **instruct** |  | the giant |  |  |  |  |  | nom instruction «communication transitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

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to go far beneath the earth and carry back the taxes owed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1442-pg503-part29:e2:o1:1
# text = to go far beneath the earth and carry back the taxes owed
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	carry	carry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	taxes	tax	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	owed	owe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the earth |  | far *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme beneath earth=Location |
| 2 | **carry back** | infinitive |  | the taxes |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tax=Theme |
| 3 | **owe** | participle |  | the taxes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to fetch the gold from the cellar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1442-pg503-part29:e2:o2:1
# text = to fetch the gold from the cellar
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fetch** | to-infinitive |  | the gold |  | the cellar |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent gold=Theme from cellar=Source |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to go underground and fetch the taxes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1442-pg503-part29:e2:o3:1
# text = to go underground and fetch the taxes
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	underground	underground	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	taxes	tax	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | underground *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fetch** | infinitive |  | the taxes |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tax=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to go underground and bring back the giant's gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1442-pg503-part29:e2:o4:1
# text = to go underground and bring back the giant's gold
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	underground	underground	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | underground *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bring back** | infinitive |  | the giant's gold |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent gold=Theme |

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