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description: Which instruction did Saint Michael give the young man concerning his conduct during the first night's vigil? Exam question 1 of lesson 1108 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Tsarivna Possessed: the youth outwits the unclean spirit and wins the Tsar's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, w
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Tsarivna Possessed: the youth outw…

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Which instruction did Saint Michael give the young man concerning his conduct during the first night's vigil?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** instruction, Saint, young man · **What happens:** do, give, concern, conduct · **To what, where:** young man, conduct

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1108 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Tsarivna Possessed: the youth outwits the unclean spirit and wins the Tsar's daughter» 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/1108-pg29672-part14/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1108-pg29672-part14:e1:1
# text = Which instruction did Saint Michael give the young man concerning his conduct during the first night's vigil?
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	Saint	Saint	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	Michael	Michael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
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	9	det	_	_
8	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	during	during	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	16	amod	_	_
16	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	vigil	vigil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	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 | Saint | the young man |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the young man *not said here* | Saint's conduct |  |  | during the first night's vigil |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conduct=Experiencer |
| 4 | **conduct** |  | Saint |  |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To keep reading his prayers and not look up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1108-pg29672-part14:e1:o1:1
# text = To keep reading his prayers and not look up
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	reading	read	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	prayers	prayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **read** | gerund |  | his prayers |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **look up** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **pray** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To keep reading his prayers, never look up, and scatter pears on the floor

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1108-pg29672-part14:e1:o2:1
# text = To keep reading his prayers, never look up, and scatter pears on the floor
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	reading	read	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	prayers	prayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	scatter	scat	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
13	pears	pear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **read** | gerund |  | his prayers |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **look up** | infinitive |  | scatter pears on the floor |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **pray** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To hide under the altar and wait for dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1108-pg29672-part14:e1:o3:1
# text = To hide under the altar and wait for dawn
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wait	wait	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the altar |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under altar=Location |
| 2 | **wait** | infinitive |  |  |  |  | dawn |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To sprinkle poppy seeds and rest quietly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1108-pg29672-part14:e1:o4:1
# text = To sprinkle poppy seeds and rest quietly
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sprinkle	sprinkle	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	poppy	poppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	rest	rest	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sprinkle** | to-infinitive |  | poppy seeds |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent seed=Theme |
| 2 | **rest** | present |  |  |  |  |  | quietly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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