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title: Which member of the household did the lady instruct Elsa to leave be… — pg641, Elsa, part 3: Elsa stays with t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which member of the household did the lady instruct Elsa to leave behind? Exam question 4 of lesson 1752 «pg641, Elsa, part 3: Elsa stays with the lady, learns the thirteenth dish is forbidden, and must leave the house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Exam question 4 · pg641, Elsa, part 3: Elsa stays with the lady, learns the…

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Which member of the household did the lady instruct Elsa to leave behind?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** member · **What happens:** instruct, leave behind · **To what, where:** Elsa

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1752 «pg641, Elsa, part 3: Elsa stays with the lady, learns the thirteenth dish is forbidden, and must leave the house» 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/1752-pg641-part3/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1752-pg641-part3:e4:1
# text = Which member of the household did the lady instruct Elsa to leave behind?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	instruct	instruct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	Elsa	Elsa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
13	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	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 | which member of the household |  | Elsa |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent elsa=Recipient |
| 2 | **leave behind** | to-infinitive | which member of the household *not said here* |  |  |  |  | behind *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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the black cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1752-pg641-part3:e4:o1:1
# text = the black cat
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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the old man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1752-pg641-part3:e4:o2:1
# text = the old man
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Kisika

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1752-pg641-part3:e4:o3:1
# text = Kisika
1	Kisika	Kisika	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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the stepmother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1752-pg641-part3:e4:o4:1
# text = the stepmother
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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