--- title: What instruction did the horse give concerning the copper wreath bef… — Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the W… · tree and pragmatics description: What instruction did the horse give concerning the copper wreath before Petru approached the house of Venus? Exam question 4 of lesson 1781 «Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Welwa, part 32: Petru crosses the ice and the heat, then throws away the copper wreath» of the books course of Mova's prim --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1781-pg641-part32/e4/) [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/) / [Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the W…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1781-pg641-part32/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Welwa, part 32: Petru… What instruction did the horse give concerning the copper wreath before Petru approached the house of Venus? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** instruction, horse, Petru · **What happens:** do, give, concern, approach · **To what, where:** copper wreath, house This is exam question 4 of lesson 1781 «Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Welwa, part 32: Petru crosses the ice and the heat, then throws away the copper wreath» 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/1781-pg641-part32/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:e4:1 # text = What instruction did the horse give concerning the copper wreath before Petru approached the house of Venus? 1 What what 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 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 wreath wreath NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 before before SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 Petru Petru PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Venus Venus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | what instruction | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | present | the horse | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **concern** | gerund | the horse *not said here* | the copper wreath | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wreath=Experiencer | | 4 | **approach** | past | Petru | the house of Venus | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme | 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} to keep it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:e4:o1:1 # text = to keep it 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive | | it | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} to carry it to Venus and lay it at her feet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:e4:o2:1 # text = to carry it to Venus and lay it at her feet 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 carry carry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Venus Venus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 lay lay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | to-infinitive | | it | Venus | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to venus=Destination | | 2 | **lay** | infinitive | | it | | Venus's feet | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme at foot=Destination | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} to throw it upon a hill ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:e4:o3:1 # text = to throw it upon a hill 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 throw throw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | to-infinitive | | it | | a hill | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme upon hill=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} to hide it in a cave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:e4:o4:1 # text = to hide it in a cave 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 hide hide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | to-infinitive | | it | | a cave | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient in cave=Location | **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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