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description: Which phrase accurately conveys the Pygmy's exact instruction to the sleeping giant? Exam question 3 of lesson 2051 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10: a Pygmy spots a huge stranger coming and wakes the sleeping giant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Exam question 3 · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10: a Pygmy spots a hu…

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Which phrase accurately conveys the Pygmy's exact instruction to the sleeping giant?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** phrase, Pygmy · **What happens:** convey, instruct · **To what, where:** exact instruction, sleeping giant

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 2051 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10: a Pygmy spots a huge stranger coming and wakes the sleeping giant» 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/2051-pg976-part10/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2051-pg976-part10:e3:1
# text = Which phrase accurately conveys the Pygmy's exact instruction to the sleeping giant?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	conveys	convey	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Pygmy	Pygmy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convey** | present | which phrase | the Pygmy's exact instruction | the sleeping giant |  |  | accurately *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent instruction=Topic to giant=Recipient |
| 2 | **instruct** |  | the Pygmy |  |  |  |  |  | nom instruction «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Get up this minute, and take your pine-tree walking stick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2051-pg976-part10:e3:o1:1
# text = Get up this minute, and take your pine-tree walking stick
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
9	pine	pine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	walking	walking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | minute |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **take** | infinitive | you *not said here* | your walking stick |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Stand up and prepare your great club

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2051-pg976-part10:e3:o2:1
# text = Stand up and prepare your great club
1	Stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	prepare	prepare	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **prepare** | infinitive | you *not said here* | your great club |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Awaken immediately and bring the captain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2051-pg976-part10:e3:o3:1
# text = Awaken immediately and bring the captain
1	Awaken	awaken	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **awaken** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | immediately *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bring** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the captain |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent captain=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Rise at once and attend to the battle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2051-pg976-part10:e3:o4:1
# text = Rise at once and attend to the battle
1	Rise	rise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	attend	attend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at once=Location |
| 2 | **attend** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the battle | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to battle=Theme |

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