--- title: What precise instruction did the giant issue concerning the stable? — English Fairy Tales, Nix Nought Nothin… · tree and pragmatics description: What precise instruction did the giant issue concerning the stable? Exam question 2 of lesson 1947 «English Fairy Tales, Nix Nought Nothing, part 1: a king promises his son to a giant, and the boy escapes with the giant's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1947-pg7439-part6/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/) / [English Fairy Tales, Nix Nought Nothin…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1947-pg7439-part6/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, Nix Nought Nothing, part 1: a king pr… What precise instruction did the giant issue concerning the stable? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** precise instruction, giant issue · **What happens:** do, concern · **To what, where:** giant issue, stable This is exam question 2 of lesson 1947 «English Fairy Tales, Nix Nought Nothing, part 1: a king promises his son to a giant, and the boy escapes with the giant's daughter» 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/1947-pg7439-part6/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1947-pg7439-part6:e2:1 # text = What precise instruction did the giant issue concerning the stable? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 precise precise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 instruction instruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 issue issue NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | precise instruction | the giant issue | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **concern** | gerund | the giant issue *not said here* | the stable | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus stable=Experiencer | 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 clean the whole stable by the following day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1947-pg7439-part6:e2:o1:1 # text = to clean the whole stable by the following day 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 clean clean VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 amod _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clean** | to-infinitive | | the whole stable | | | day | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent stable=Patient | | 2 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} to clean it and feed every beast by the following day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1947-pg7439-part6:e2:o2:1 # text = to clean it and feed every beast by the following day 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 clean clean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 feed feed VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 amod _ _ 11 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clean** | to-infinitive | | it | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **feed** | present | | every beast | | | day | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beast=Recipient | | 3 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} to clean it by the next morn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1947-pg7439-part6:e2:o3:1 # text = to clean it by the next morn 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 clean clean VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 morn morn NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clean** | to-infinitive | | it | | | | by the next morn | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} to clean it by the following day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1947-pg7439-part6:e2:o4:1 # text = to clean it by the following day 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 clean clean VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 amod _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clean** | to-infinitive | | it | | | day | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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