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title: Which instruction did the mother of the Moon give to the Princess re… — Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which instruction did the mother of the Moon give to the Princess regarding the chicken bones? Exam question 2 of lesson 1529 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess struggles across deserts and mountains to the Sun's palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dep
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# Exam question 2 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess str…

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Which instruction did the mother of the Moon give to the Princess regarding the chicken bones?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** instruction, mother · **What happens:** do, give, regard · **To what, where:** Princess

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1529 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess struggles across deserts and mountains to the Sun's palace» 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/1529-pg540-part26/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:e2:1
# text = Which instruction did the mother of the Moon give to the Princess regarding the chicken bones?
1	Which	which	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	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which instruction |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **give** | present | the mother of the Moon |  | the Princess regard the chicken bones |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to princess=Recipient |
| 3 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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that she should not lose any of the bones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:e2:o1:1
# text = that she should not lose any of the bones
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **lose** | should | she | any |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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that she should carry the chicken safely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:e2:o2:1
# text = that she should carry the chicken safely
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | should | she | the chicken |  |  |  | safely *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chicken=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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not to eat them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:e2:o3:1
# text = not to eat them
1	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **eat** | to-infinitive |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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that she must share the bones with him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1529-pg540-part26:e2:o4:1
# text = that she must share the bones with him
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | must | she | the bones |  |  |  | with him *= he* | tree rules |

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