--- title: According to the text, what did the robbers instruct the youth to ac… — Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16… · tree and pragmatics description: According to the text, what did the robbers instruct the youth to accomplish before he could join them? Exam question 3 of lesson 1519 «Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16: the youth steals a man's ox with a shoe and a trick» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1519-pg540-part16/e3/) [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/) / [Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1519-pg540-part16/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16: the youth steals a… According to the text, what did the robbers instruct the youth to accomplish before he could join them? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** robbers, he · **What happens:** accord, do, instruct, accomplish, join · **To what, where:** youth, robbers This is exam question 3 of lesson 1519 «Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16: the youth steals a man's ox with a shoe and a trick» 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/1519-pg540-part16/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1519-pg540-part16:e3:1 # text = According to the text, what did the robbers instruct the youth to accomplish before he could join them? 1 According accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 case _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 text text NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 7 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 instruct instruct VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 accomplish accomplish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 15 before before SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 join join VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | past | | | | | | accord the text | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **instruct** *speech: other* | present | the robbers | the youth | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent youth=Recipient | | 4 | **accomplish** | to-infinitive | the robbers *not said here* | | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **join** | could | he | robbers *= robber* | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | 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} steal a cow without being seen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1519-pg540-part16:e3:o1:1 # text = steal a cow without being seen 1 steal steal VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 without without SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | imperative | you *not said here* | a cow | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cow=Theme | | 2 | **see** | gerund · passive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} steal an ox unobserved and unharmed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1519-pg540-part16:e3:o2:1 # text = steal an ox unobserved and unharmed 1 steal steal VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 unobserved unobserv VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 unharmed unharmed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | imperative | you *not said here* | a ox | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **unobserv** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} steal a horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1519-pg540-part16:e3:o3:1 # text = steal a horse 1 steal steal VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | imperative | you *not said here* | a horse | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location horse=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} pay them with a silver ring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1519-pg540-part16:e3:o4:1 # text = pay them with a silver ring 1 pay pay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | with a silver ring | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset | **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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