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title: Specify the object which the Tsar promised to the Accursed One in ex… — Russian Folk-Tales, Little Tsar Novish… · tree and pragmatics
description: Specify the object which the Tsar promised to the Accursed One in exchange for his release. Exam question 1 of lesson 1102 «Russian Folk-Tales, Little Tsar Novishny, part 8: the Tsar promises Satan what awaits him at home, and the children are hidden in a ditch» of the books course of Mova's primary
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Little Tsar Novishny, part 8: the Tsar…

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Specify the object which the Tsar promised to the Accursed One in exchange for his release.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Tsar · **What happens:** specify, promise, accurs · **To what, where:** object, Accursed One

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1102 «Russian Folk-Tales, Little Tsar Novishny, part 8: the Tsar promises Satan what awaits him at home, and the children are hidden in a ditch» 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/1102-pg29672-part8/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1102-pg29672-part8:e1:1
# text = Specify the object which the Tsar promised to the Accursed One in exchange for his release.
1	Specify	specify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Accursed	accurs	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	One	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	release	release	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **specify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the object |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme |
| 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the Tsar | the object | the Accursed One in exchange for Tsar's release |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent which=Theme to one=Goal |
| 3 | **accurs** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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His children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1102-pg29672-part8:e1:o1:1
# text = His children
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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His horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1102-pg29672-part8:e1:o2:1
# text = His horses
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The offspring awaiting him at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1102-pg29672-part8:e1:o3:1
# text = The offspring awaiting him at home
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	offspring	offspring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	awaiting	await	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **await** | gerund | the offspring *not said here* | him *= he* |  | home |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The gold awaiting him at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1102-pg29672-part8:e1:o4:1
# text = The gold awaiting him at home
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	awaiting	await	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **await** | gerund | the gold *not said here* | him *= he* |  | home |  |  | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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