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title: exam: Upon whose instruction did the young man descend into the sacr… — Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring,… · tree and pragmatics
description: exam: Upon whose instruction did the young man descend into the sacred spring? Exam question 4 of lesson 1833 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 17: Harisarman fools the king with a lucky guess, and a kind young man buys a dog, a cat and a snake» of the books course of Mova's primary school
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# Exam question 4 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 17: Harisarman…

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exam: Upon whose instruction did the young man descend into the sacred spring?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** young man · **What happens:** descend · **To what, where:** exam

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1833 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 17: Harisarman fools the king with a lucky guess, and a kind young man buys a dog, a cat and a snake» 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/1833-pg7128-part17/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1833-pg7128-part17:e4:1
# text = exam: Upon whose instruction did the young man descend into the sacred spring?
1	exam	exam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
3	Upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	descend	descend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **descend** | past · do-support | the young man | exam *not said here* |  |  | spring |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location exam=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The instruction of the snake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1833-pg7128-part17:e4:o1:1
# text = The instruction of the snake
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **instruct** |  |  | the snake |  |  |  |  | nom instruction «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The advice of the old merchant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1833-pg7128-part17:e4:o2:1
# text = The advice of the old merchant
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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His father's order

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1833-pg7128-part17:e4:o3:1
# text = His father's order
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** |  | His father |  |  |  |  |  | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The request of a passing farmer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1833-pg7128-part17:e4:o4:1
# text = The request of a passing farmer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	passing	pass	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **request** |  |  | a passing farmer |  |  |  |  | nom request «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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