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description: In accordance with the text, from what did the princess instruct the prince to abstain at the marriage feast? Exam question 2 of lesson 1654 «Danish Tales, The Witch and the White Dove: the prince wins back the princess, and the couple escapes the witch» of the books course of Mova's primary school,
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# Exam question 2 · Danish Tales, The Witch and the White Dove: the prince win…

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In accordance with the text, from what did the princess instruct the prince to abstain at the marriage feast?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** princess · **What happens:** instruct, abstain · **To what, where:** prince, accordance, marriage feast

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1654 «Danish Tales, The Witch and the White Dove: the prince wins back the princess, and the couple escapes the witch» 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/1654-pg5615-part43/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1654-pg5615-part43:e2:1
# text = In accordance with the text, from what did the princess instruct the prince to abstain at the marriage feast?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	accordance	accordance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	instruct	instruct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	abstain	abstain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **instruct** *speech: other* | past · do-support | the princess |  | the prince | accordance with the text |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient |
| 2 | **abstain** | to-infinitive | the princess *not said here* |  |  | the marriage feast |  |  | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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from drinking wine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1654-pg5615-part43:e2:o1:1
# text = from drinking wine
1	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | gerund |  | wine |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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from speaking any word whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1654-pg5615-part43:e2:o2:1
# text = from speaking any word whatsoever
1	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  | any word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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from eating any food whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1654-pg5615-part43:e2:o3:1
# text = from eating any food whatsoever
1	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | gerund |  | any food |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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from drinking any beverage whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1654-pg5615-part43:e2:o4:1
# text = from drinking any beverage whatsoever
1	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	beverage	beverage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | gerund |  | any beverage |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beverage=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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