--- title: Concerning which subject did King Hroar instruct the boy to retain i… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Tuk: Tu… · tree and pragmatics description: Concerning which subject did King Hroar instruct the boy to retain information? Exam question 3 of lesson 885 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Tuk: Tuk dreams of vanished towns and wakes up knowing his lesson» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/885-pg27200-part96/e3/) [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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Tuk: Tu…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/885-pg27200-part96/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Tuk: Tuk dreams of vanished… Concerning which subject did King Hroar instruct the boy to retain information? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** King Hroar · **What happens:** concern, instruct, retain · **To what, where:** subject, boy, information · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 3 of lesson 885 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Tuk: Tuk dreams of vanished towns and wakes up knowing his lesson» 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/885-pg27200-part96/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:885-pg27200-part96:e3:1 # text = Concerning which subject did King Hroar instruct the boy to retain information? 1 Concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 csubj _ _ 2 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Hroar Hroar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 instruct instruct VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 retain retain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 12 information information NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **concern** | gerund | | which subject | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **instruct** *speech: other* | present | King Hroar | | the boy | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient | | 3 | **retain** | to-infinitive | King Hroar *not said here* | information | | | | | tree rules | 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} the names of the towns ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:885-pg27200-part96:e3:o1:1 # text = the names of the towns 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 towns town NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | | | the towns | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} the names of the kings ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:885-pg27200-part96:e3:o2:1 # text = the names of the kings 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | | | the kings | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} the names of all the towns along the road ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:885-pg27200-part96:e3:o3:1 # text = the names of all the towns along the road 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 towns town NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 7 along along ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | | | all towns along the road | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} the names of the towns and their kings ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:885-pg27200-part96:e3:o4:1 # text = the names of the towns and their kings 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 towns town NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | | | the towns and towns's kings | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | **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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