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title: On whose instruction did Casabianca remain at his post during the co… — Stories of Long Ago, Casabianca, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: On whose instruction did Casabianca remain at his post during the conflagration? Exam question 3 of lesson 359 «Stories of Long Ago, Casabianca, part 19: the cat wins the king's gold, and a boy waits on a burning ship» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 3 · Stories of Long Ago, Casabianca, part 19: the cat wins the…

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On whose instruction did Casabianca remain at his post during the conflagration?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Casabianca · **What happens:** remain · **To what, where:** instruction

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 359 «Stories of Long Ago, Casabianca, part 19: the cat wins the king's gold, and a boy waits on a burning ship» 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/359-pg18442-part19/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:359-pg18442-part19:e3:1
# text = On whose instruction did Casabianca remain at his post during the conflagration?
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Casabianca	Casabianca	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	during	during	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	conflagration	conflagration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | past · do-support | Casabianca |  |  | instruction | during the conflagration | at Casabianca's post | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on instruction=Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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On his father's instruction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:359-pg18442-part19:e3:o1:1
# text = On his father's instruction
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **instruct** |  | his father |  |  |  |  |  | nom instruction «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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On his father's instruction, which he never questioned during the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:359-pg18442-part19:e3:o2:1
# text = On his father's instruction, which he never questioned during the fire
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obj	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	questioned	question	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	during	during	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **question** *speech: other* | past | he |  |  | his father's instruction | during the fire |  | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Recipient |
| 2 | **instruct** |  | his father |  |  |  |  |  | nom instruction «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Under his captain's orders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:359-pg18442-part19:e3:o3:1
# text = Under his captain's orders
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** |  | his captain |  |  |  |  |  | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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By his father's own order

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:359-pg18442-part19:e3:o4:1
# text = By his father's own order
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** |  | his father |  |  |  |  |  | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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