--- title: What was the precise instruction given to Jesper regarding the conte… — Danish Fairy Tales, Clever Jesper, par… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the precise instruction given to Jesper regarding the contents of the tub? Exam question 2 of lesson 1786 «Danish Fairy Tales, Clever Jesper, part 37: Jesper herds a hundred hares and collects three strange payments» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1786-pg641-part37/e2/) [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/) / [Danish Fairy Tales, Clever Jesper, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1786-pg641-part37/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Danish Fairy Tales, Clever Jesper, part 37: Jesper herds a… What was the precise instruction given to Jesper regarding the contents of the tub? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, give, regard · **To what, where:** precise instruction, Jesper This is exam question 2 of lesson 1786 «Danish Fairy Tales, Clever Jesper, part 37: Jesper herds a hundred hares and collects three strange payments» 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/1786-pg641-part37/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1786-pg641-part37:e2:1 # text = What was the precise instruction given to Jesper regarding the contents of the tub? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 precise precise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 instruction instruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Jesper Jesper PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 regarding regard VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 contents contents NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 6 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 tub tub NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the precise instruction | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | participle | | the precise instruction *not said here* | Jesper | | | regard the contents of the tub | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to jesper=Recipient | | 3 | **regard** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} To tell lies until the tub is full ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1786-pg641-part37:e2:o1:1 # text = To tell lies until the tub is full 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 lies lie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 until until SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tub tub NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | lies | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | present | the tub | | | | | full *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Tell some truths ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1786-pg641-part37:e2:o2:1 # text = Tell some truths 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 truths truth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | some truths | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} To state undoubted truths sufficient to fill it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1786-pg641-part37:e2:o3:1 # text = To state undoubted truths sufficient to fill it 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 state state VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 3 undoubted undoubt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 truths truth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 sufficient sufficient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 fill fill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **state** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | undoubted truths | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent truth=Topic | | 2 | **undoubt** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fill** | to-infinitive | | it | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} To state some truths enough to fill it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1786-pg641-part37:e2:o4:1 # text = To state some truths enough to fill it 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 state state VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 truths truth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 enough enough ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 fill fill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **state** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | some truths | | | | enough *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent truth=Topic | | 2 | **fill** | to-infinitive | | it | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | **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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