--- title: With reference to the text, which animal was instructed by the cat t… — Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring,… · tree and pragmatics description: With reference to the text, which animal was instructed by the cat to remain at a distance while she entered the house? Exam question 2 of lesson 1834 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 18: the ring is stolen and the cat sets out to win it back» of the books course of Mova's primary school, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1834-pg7128-part18/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/) / [Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1834-pg7128-part18/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 18: the ring is… With reference to the text, which animal was instructed by the cat to remain at a distance while she entered the house? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cat · **What happens:** instruct, remain, enter · **To what, where:** house · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 2 of lesson 1834 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 18: the ring is stolen and the cat sets out to win it back» 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/1834-pg7128-part18/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:e2:1 # text = With reference to the text, which animal was instructed by the cat to remain at a distance while she entered the house? 1 With with ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 reference reference NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 text text NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 8 det _ _ 8 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 instructed instruct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 while while SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **instruct** *speech: other* | past · passive | the cat | | | | | with reference to the text | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **remain** | to-infinitive | | | | | | at a distance | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at distance=Location | | 3 | **enter** | past | cat | the house | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Destination | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} the dog ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:e2:o1:1 # text = the dog 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} the sheep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:e2:o2:1 # text = the sheep 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} cat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:e2:o3:1 # text = cat 1 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} rat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:e2:o4:1 # text = rat 1 rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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