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title: What did the crow instruct Munachar to do in order to fill the sieve? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Munachar and Manac… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the crow instruct Munachar to do in order to fill the sieve? Exam question 3 of lesson 1997 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Munachar and Manachar: greedy Manachar eats every raspberry, so Munachar sets out to make a rope and hang him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Munachar and Manachar: greedy Manachar…

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What did the crow instruct Munachar to do in order to fill the sieve?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** crow · **What happens:** do, instruct, fill · **To what, where:** Munachar, sieve

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1997 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Munachar and Manachar: greedy Manachar eats every raspberry, so Munachar sets out to make a rope and hang him» 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/1997-pg7885-part16/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1997-pg7885-part16:e3:1
# text = What did the crow instruct Munachar to do in order to fill the sieve?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	instruct	instruct	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	Munachar	Munachar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
9	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	12	mark	_	_
10	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	fixed	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	fill	fill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sieve	sieve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **instruct** *speech: other* | present | the crow | Munachar |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent munachar=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | the crow *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **fill** | to-infinitive | the crow *not said here* | the sieve |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sieve=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 {#o1}

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Wet the sieve in the loch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1997-pg7885-part16:e3:o1:1
# text = Wet the sieve in the loch
1	Wet	wet	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sieve	sieve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	loch	loch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wet** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sieve |  | the loch |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sieve=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Daub the holes with red clay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1997-pg7885-part16:e3:o2:1
# text = Daub the holes with red clay
1	Daub	daub	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **daub** | imperative | you *not said here* | the holes |  |  |  | with red clay | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Destination with clay=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Go to the cow and get a whisp of straw to block the holes in the sieve

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1997-pg7885-part16:e3:o3:1
# text = Go to the cow and get a whisp of straw to block the holes in the sieve
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	whisp	whisp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	block	block	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sieve	sieve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the cow | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to cow=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a whisp of straw |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whisp=Stimulus |
| 3 | **block** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the holes |  | the sieve |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hole=Patient in sieve=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Plug the holes with mud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1997-pg7885-part16:e3:o4:1
# text = Plug the holes with mud
1	Plug	plug	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plug** | imperative | you *not said here* | the holes |  |  |  | with mud | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Destination with mud=Theme |

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