--- title: Which of the following correctly identifies the advice given by the… — Italian Tales, Ciccu, part 62: a beati… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following correctly identifies the advice given by the old man concerning the basket delivered by Ciccu to the castle? Exam question 3 of lesson 1673 «Italian Tales, Ciccu, part 62: a beating, a fig trade and a royal job» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1673-pg5615-part62/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/) / [Italian Tales, Ciccu, part 62: a beati…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1673-pg5615-part62/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Italian Tales, Ciccu, part 62: a beating, a fig trade and… Which of the following correctly identifies the advice given by the old man concerning the basket delivered by Ciccu to the castle? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old man · **What happens:** follow, identify, give, concern, deliver · **To what, where:** advice, basket, castle This is exam question 3 of lesson 1673 «Italian Tales, Ciccu, part 62: a beating, a fig trade and a royal job» 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/1673-pg5615-part62/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1673-pg5615-part62:e3:1 # text = Which of the following correctly identifies the advice given by the old man concerning the basket delivered by Ciccu to the castle? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 correctly correctly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 identifies identify VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Ciccu Ciccu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **identify** | present | | the advice | | | | correctly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent advice=Theme | | 3 | **give** | participle | | the advice *not said here* | | | | by the old man | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **concern** | gerund | the old man *not said here* | the basket | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus basket=Experiencer | | 5 | **deliver** | participle | | the basket *not said here* | | the castle | | by Ciccu | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to castle=Destination | 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} Good fortune for all of his life ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1673-pg5615-part62:e3:o1:1 # text = Good fortune for all of his life 1 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 nmod _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Wealth and a long, happy marriage ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1673-pg5615-part62:e3:o2:1 # text = Wealth and a long, happy marriage 1 Wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Woe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1673-pg5615-part62:e3:o3:1 # text = Woe 1 Woe woe NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Luck ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1673-pg5615-part62:e3:o4:1 # text = Luck 1 Luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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