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title: Which of the helpers perished first in the course of the narrative? — Russian Folk-Tales, Tsar Novishny, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the helpers perished first in the course of the narrative? Exam question 1 of lesson 1103 «Russian Folk-Tales, Tsar Novishny, part 9: the children ride a horse, a humble-bee and a bullock away from the serpent, and the bullock gives his life to save them» of the books course of Mova's prima
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Tsar Novishny, part 9: the children ri…

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Which of the helpers perished first in the course of the narrative?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** perish · **To what, where:** course

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1103 «Russian Folk-Tales, Tsar Novishny, part 9: the children ride a horse, a humble-bee and a bullock away from the serpent, and the bullock gives his life to save them» 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/1103-pg29672-part9/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1103-pg29672-part9:e1:1
# text = Which of the helpers perished first in the course of the narrative?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	helpers	helper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
5	perished	perish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perish** | past |  |  |  | the course of the narrative |  | of the helpers; first *property* | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bullock, who was cut into quarters and hung on the stove

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1103-pg29672-part9:e1:o1:1
# text = The bullock, who was cut into quarters and hung on the stove
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bullock	bullock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	quarters	quarter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	hung	hang	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	stove	stove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | past · passive |  | the bullock |  | quarters |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into quarter=Product |
| 2 | **hang** | participle |  |  |  | the stove |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stove=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The horse, whose tail was singed to a coal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1103-pg29672-part9:e1:o2:1
# text = The horse, whose tail was singed to a coal
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	singed	singe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **singe** | past · passive |  | the horse |  |  |  | to a coal | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The bullock, whose ear was cut off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1103-pg29672-part9:e1:o3:1
# text = The bullock, whose ear was cut off
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bullock	bullock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut off** | past · passive |  | the bullock and the bullock and the bullock's ear's ear |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The horse, whose tail was singed to a coal by the serpent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1103-pg29672-part9:e1:o4:1
# text = The horse, whose tail was singed to a coal by the serpent
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	singed	singe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **singe** | past · passive | the serpent | the horse |  |  |  | to a coal | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

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