--- title: Which object did the young man scatter in order to delay the Tsarivn… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Tsarivna Posse… · tree and pragmatics description: Which object did the young man scatter in order to delay the Tsarivna during the second night's vigil? Exam question 2 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, with the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1108-pg29672-part14/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/) / [Russian Folk-Tales, The Tsarivna Posse…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1108-pg29672-part14/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Tsarivna Possessed: the youth outw… Which object did the young man scatter in order to delay the Tsarivna during the second night's vigil? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do, delay · **To what, where:** young man scatter, Tsarivna This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1108-pg29672-part14:e2:1 # text = Which object did the young man scatter in order to delay the Tsarivna during the second night's vigil? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 scatter scatter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 11 mark _ _ 9 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 fixed _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 delay delay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Tsarivna Tsarivna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 during during ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 17 amod _ _ 17 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 vigil vigil NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which object | the young man scatter | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scatter=Eventuality | | 2 | **delay** | to-infinitive | which object *not said here* | the Tsarivna | | | during the second night's vigil | | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent tsarivna=Source | 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} Pears ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1108-pg29672-part14:e2:o1:1 # text = Pears 1 Pears pear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A basket of nuts ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1108-pg29672-part14:e2:o2:1 # text = A basket of nuts 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Nuts ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1108-pg29672-part14:e2:o3:1 # text = Nuts 1 Nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A jar of honey ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1108-pg29672-part14:e2:o4:1 # text = A jar of honey 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 jar jar NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 honey honey NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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