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title: Which instruction did the fox give concerning the saddle to be fitte… — Grimm Fairy Tales, The Golden Bird, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which instruction did the fox give concerning the saddle to be fitted upon the golden horse? Exam question 4 of lesson 725 «Grimm Fairy Tales, The Golden Bird, part 1: the youngest son catches the bird, is caught, and must fetch a golden horse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm Fairy Tales, The Golden Bird, part 1: the youngest s…

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Which instruction did the fox give concerning the saddle to be fitted upon the golden horse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** instruction, fox · **What happens:** do, give, concern, fit

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 725 «Grimm Fairy Tales, The Golden Bird, part 1: the youngest son catches the bird, is caught, and must fetch a golden horse» 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/725-pg2591-part1/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:725-pg2591-part1:e4:1
# text = Which instruction did the fox give concerning the saddle to be fitted upon the golden horse?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	saddle	saddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	fitted	fit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which instruction |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present | the fox |  |  |  |  | concern the saddle | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **fit** | to-infinitive · passive | the fox *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon the golden horse | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: upon horse=Trajectory |

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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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To use the old leathern saddle and not the golden one the king offered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:725-pg2591-part1:e4:o1:1
# text = To use the old leathern saddle and not the golden one the king offered
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	leathern	leathern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	saddle	saddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
14	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | to-infinitive |  | the old leathern saddle and the golden one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **offer** | participle |  | the king *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To use the leathern bridle only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:725-pg2591-part1:e4:o2:1
# text = To use the leathern bridle only
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	leathern	leathern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bridle	bridle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | to-infinitive |  | the leathern bridle |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridle=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To use the old leathern saddle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:725-pg2591-part1:e4:o3:1
# text = To use the old leathern saddle
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	leathern	leathern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	saddle	saddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | to-infinitive |  | the old leathern saddle |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saddle=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To use the old leathern saddle, which the fox had found in the stable loft

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:725-pg2591-part1:e4:o4:1
# text = To use the old leathern saddle, which the fox had found in the stable loft
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	leathern	leathern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	saddle	saddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	stable	stable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	loft	loft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | to-infinitive |  | the old leathern saddle |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saddle=Patient |
| 2 | **find** | past · perfect · passive |  | the old leathern saddle |  | the stable loft |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

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