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description: Which of the following accurately identifies the instruction the Warlock gave concerning the consumption of food and drink in Elfland? Exam question 2 of lesson 1960 «English Fairy Tales, Childe Rowland, part 19: Foxy-woxy tricks the chicken-crew into his cave, and Childe Rowland enters the Dark Tow
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# Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, Childe Rowland, part 19: Foxy-woxy tr…

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Which of the following accurately identifies the instruction the Warlock gave concerning the consumption of food and drink in Elfland?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** instruction · **What happens:** follow, identify, give, concern, consume · **To what, where:** consumption, food

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1960 «English Fairy Tales, Childe Rowland, part 19: Foxy-woxy tricks the chicken-crew into his cave, and Childe Rowland enters the Dark Tower of Elfland» 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/1960-pg7439-part19/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1960-pg7439-part19:e2:1
# text = Which of the following accurately identifies the instruction the Warlock gave concerning the consumption of food and drink in Elfland?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	nsubj	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Warlock	Warlock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
12	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	xcomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Elfland	Elfland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	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 | **identify** | present |  |  |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **give** | past | the instruction |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the instruction *not said here* | the consumption of food and drink in Elfland |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus consumption=Experiencer |
| 5 | **consume** |  |  | food and drink in Elfland |  |  |  |  | nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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Bite no bit and drink no drop of water, wine, or milk ever

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1960-pg7439-part19:e2:o1:1
# text = Bite no bit and drink no drop of water, wine, or milk ever
1	Bite	bite	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	drink	drink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	drop	drop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
15	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | imperative | you *not said here* | no bit |  |  | ever |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient |
| 2 | **drink** | present | you *not said here* | no drop of water and wine |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drop=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Never sleep in the hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1960-pg7439-part19:e2:o2:1
# text = Never sleep in the hall
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sleep** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the hall |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in hall=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Speak to no one at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1960-pg7439-part19:e2:o3:1
# text = Speak to no one at all
1	Speak	speak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | no one | all |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to one=Co-Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bite no bit, drink no drop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1960-pg7439-part19:e2:o4:1
# text = Bite no bit, drink no drop
1	Bite	bite	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	drink	drink	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	drop	drop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | imperative | you *not said here* | no bit |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient |
| 2 | **drink** | infinitive | you *not said here* | no drop |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drop=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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