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title: Which of the following tasks did the princess set the youth in the g… — Grimm, The White Snake, part 1: the se… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following tasks did the princess set the youth in the garden before demanding the apple? Exam question 3 of lesson 1932 «Grimm, The White Snake, part 1: the servant gets animal talk and the animals repay his kindness» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 3 · Grimm, The White Snake, part 1: the servant gets animal ta…

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Which of the following tasks did the princess set the youth in the garden before demanding the apple?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** following tasks, princess · **What happens:** follow, do, set, demand · **To what, where:** youth, garden, apple

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1932 «Grimm, The White Snake, part 1: the servant gets animal talk and the animals repay his kindness» 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/1932-pg7277-part69/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1932-pg7277-part69:e3:1
# text = Which of the following tasks did the princess set the youth in the garden before demanding the apple?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	tasks	task	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	demanding	demand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	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 | **do** | past | the following tasks |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality |
| 3 | **set** | past | the princess | the youth |  | the garden |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent youth=Theme in garden=Destination |
| 4 | **demand** *speech: request* | gerund | the princess *not said here* | the apple |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme apple=Precondition |

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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}

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spreading ten sacks of grain over the field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1932-pg7277-part69:e3:o1:1
# text = spreading ten sacks of grain over the field
1	spreading	spread	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	sacks	sack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | gerund |  | ten sacks of grain |  | the field |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sack=Theme over field=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
spreading ten sacks of millet over the grass before dawn in the royal garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1932-pg7277-part69:e3:o2:1
# text = spreading ten sacks of millet over the grass before dawn in the royal garden
1	spreading	spread	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	sacks	sack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	millet	millet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | gerund |  | ten sacks of millet |  | the grass | dawn | in the royal garden | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sack=Theme over grass=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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spreading ten sacks of millet over the grass and then waiting for the ants to gather it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1932-pg7277-part69:e3:o3:1
# text = spreading ten sacks of millet over the grass and then waiting for the ants to gather it
1	spreading	spread	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	sacks	sack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	millet	millet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	gather	gather	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | gerund |  | ten sacks of millet |  | the grass |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sack=Theme over grass=Destination |
| 2 | **wait** | gerund |  |  |  |  | then | for the ants | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **gather** | to-infinitive |  | grass |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
spreading ten sacks of millet over the grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1932-pg7277-part69:e3:o4:1
# text = spreading ten sacks of millet over the grass
1	spreading	spread	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	sacks	sack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	millet	millet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | gerund |  | ten sacks of millet |  | the grass |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sack=Theme over grass=Destination |

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