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description: Which relation of the young man was responsible for sending him to the church on each occasion? Exam question 3 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 depend
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# Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Tsarivna Possessed: the youth outw…

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Which relation of the young man was responsible for sending him to the church on each occasion?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** relation · **What happens:** be, send · **To what, where:** man, occasion

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1108-pg29672-part14:e3:1
# text = Which relation of the young man was responsible for sending him to the church on each occasion?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	relation	relation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	sending	send	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | which relation of the young man |  |  |  |  | responsible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **send** | gerund | which relation of the young man *not said here* | man |  | each occasion |  | to the church | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to church=Destination |

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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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The merchant uncles who had raised him from childhood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1108-pg29672-part14:e3:o1:1
# text = The merchant uncles who had raised him from childhood
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	uncles	uncle	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	raised	raise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	childhood	childhood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **uncle** | present | the merchant |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **raise** | past · perfect · passive |  | merchant |  | childhood |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2 «NP V NP.patient NP.extent PP.initial\_state PP.result»: subject=Patient he=Extent from childhood=Initial\_State |

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

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The merchant uncles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1108-pg29672-part14:e3:o2:1
# text = The merchant uncles
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	uncles	uncle	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 {#o3}

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The Tsar's own steward, who had sent him out each time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1108-pg29672-part14:e3:o3:1
# text = The Tsar's own steward, who had sent him out each time
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	steward	steward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
12	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send out** | past · perfect | the Tsar's own steward | him *= he* |  |  | time |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The village priest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1108-pg29672-part14:e3:o4:1
# text = The village priest
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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