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title: Which of the following did the horse instruct Petru to bring to the… — Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy o… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following did the horse instruct Petru to bring to the goddess Venus, as recorded in the passage? Exam question 1 of lesson 1782 «Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 33: Petru reaches Venus's house, wins her trust, and sets out for the Fairy's castle» of the books cou
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# Exam question 1 · Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 33:…

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Which of the following did the horse instruct Petru to bring to the goddess Venus, as recorded in the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, instruct, bring, record · **To what, where:** Petru, goddess Venus, passage

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1782 «Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 33: Petru reaches Venus's house, wins her trust, and sets out for the Fairy's castle» 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/1782-pg641-part33/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1782-pg641-part33:e1:1
# text = Which of the following did the horse instruct Petru to bring to the goddess Venus, as recorded in the passage?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
8	instruct	instruct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	Petru	Petru	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	goddess	goddess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Venus	Venus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
18	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	conj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **instruct** *speech: other* | infinitive |  | Petru |  |  |  | of the horse | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent petru=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **bring** | to-infinitive |  |  | the goddess Venus |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to venus=Destination |
| 4 | **record** | participle |  |  |  | the passage |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in passage=Destination |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the flagon of water drawn from the well at midnight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1782-pg641-part33:e1:o1:1
# text = the flagon of water drawn from the well at midnight
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flagon	flagon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | participle |  | the flagon of water *not said here* |  |  | midnight | from the well | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from well=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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a golden bridle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1782-pg641-part33:e1:o2:1
# text = a golden bridle
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bridle	bridle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the silver flute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1782-pg641-part33:e1:o3:1
# text = the silver flute
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	flute	flute	NOUN	NN	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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the silver wreath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1782-pg641-part33:e1:o4:1
# text = the silver wreath
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wreath	wreath	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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