--- title: What instruction does the fish give the fisherman at the close of th… — Grimm's Household Tales, The Fisherman… · tree and pragmatics description: What instruction does the fish give the fisherman at the close of the passage? Exam question 2 of lesson 734 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife: Ilsabill wants to be king, emperor, pope, then lord of the sun and moon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/734-pg2591-part10/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Grimm's Household Tales, The Fisherman…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/734-pg2591-part10/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Grimm's Household Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife: Ilsab… What instruction does the fish give the fisherman at the close of the passage? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** instruction, fish · **What happens:** do, give · **To what, where:** fisherman, close This is exam question 2 of lesson 734 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife: Ilsabill wants to be king, emperor, pope, then lord of the sun and moon» 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/734-pg2591-part10/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:734-pg2591-part10:e2:1 # text = What instruction does the fish give the fisherman at the close of the passage? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 instruction instruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 close close NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | what instruction | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | present | the fish | the fisherman | | the close of the passage | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent fisherman=Theme at close=Asset | 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} to return to the pigsty and never bother her again ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:734-pg2591-part10:e2:o1:1 # text = to return to the pigsty and never bother her again 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 return return VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pigsty pigsty NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 bother bother VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 again again ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | to-infinitive | | | | | | to the pigsty *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to pigsty=Result | | 2 | **not** **bother** | infinitive | | her *= she* | | | again | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} to return at once to the pigsty and stay there ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:734-pg2591-part10:e2:o2:1 # text = to return at once to the pigsty and stay there 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 return return VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 obl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pigsty pigsty NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 stay stay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | to-infinitive | | | | | | to the pigsty *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to pigsty=Result | | 2 | **stay** | infinitive | | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} to return to the pigsty ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:734-pg2591-part10:e2:o3:1 # text = to return to the pigsty 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 return return VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pigsty pigsty NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | to-infinitive | | | | | | to the pigsty *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to pigsty=Result | ### Option 4 {#o4} to go back to his hut ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:734-pg2591-part10:e2:o4:1 # text = to go back to his hut 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | to-infinitive | | | | | | to his hut *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to hut=Result | **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. 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