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title: exam: What instruction does the Bull give concerning the disposal of… — Norse Tales, Kari Woodengown, part 46:… · tree and pragmatics
description: exam: What instruction does the Bull give concerning the disposal of his hide and the three treasures? Exam question 3 of lesson 1549 «Norse Tales, Kari Woodengown, part 46: the Bull's death, the cruel Prince, and Kari's glove and towel» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Exam question 3 · Norse Tales, Kari Woodengown, part 46: the Bull's death, t…

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exam: What instruction does the Bull give concerning the disposal of his hide and the three treasures?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** instruction, exam · **What happens:** do, give, concern · **To what, where:** Bull, disposal

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1549 «Norse Tales, Kari Woodengown, part 46: the Bull's death, the cruel Prince, and Kari's glove and towel» 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/1549-pg540-part46/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1549-pg540-part46:e3:1
# text = exam: What instruction does the Bull give concerning the disposal of his hide and the three treasures?
1	exam	exam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	disposal	disposal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	hide	hide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	treasures	treasure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | what instruction | the Bull |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bull=Eventuality |
| 2 | **give** | present | exam |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | exam *not said here* | the disposal of instruction's hide and the three treasures |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus disposal=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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at the foot of the great mountain wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1549-pg540-part46:e3:o1:1
# text = at the foot of the great mountain wall
1	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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under the palace gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1549-pg540-part46:e3:o2:1
# text = under the palace gate
1	under	under	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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beneath the mountain wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1549-pg540-part46:e3:o3:1
# text = beneath the mountain wall
1	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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beneath the high mountain wall by the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1549-pg540-part46:e3:o4:1
# text = beneath the high mountain wall by the sea
1	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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