--- title: Which condition did the young man's uncles impose upon the nephew's… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Tsarivna Posse… · tree and pragmatics description: Which condition did the young man's uncles impose upon the nephew's departure from the kingdom with the Tsar's blessing? Exam question 4 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 primar --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1108-pg29672-part14/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Tsarivna Possessed: the youth outw… Which condition did the young man's uncles impose upon the nephew's departure from the kingdom with the Tsar's blessing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** condition, uncles, nephew, Tsar · **What happens:** do, impose, depart, bless · **To what, where:** kingdom This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1108-pg29672-part14:e4:1 # text = Which condition did the young man's uncles impose upon the nephew's departure from the kingdom with the Tsar's blessing? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 condition condition 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 6 det _ _ 5 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 uncles uncle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 impose impose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 upon upon ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 nephew nephew NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 departure departure NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 's 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 blessing blessing NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which condition | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **impose** | present | the young man's uncles | | | the kingdom | | upon the nephew's departure; with the Tsar's blessing | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **depart** | | the nephew | | | | | | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 4 | **bless** | | the Tsar | | | | | | nom blessing «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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} Departure in their ships with the nephew on board ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1108-pg29672-part14:e4:o1:1 # text = Departure in their ships with the nephew on board 1 Departure departure NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 nephew nephew NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Leave by land ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1108-pg29672-part14:e4:o2:1 # text = Leave by land 1 Leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | by land | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by land=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Sail back with the gold aboard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1108-pg29672-part14:e4:o3:1 # text = Sail back with the gold aboard 1 Sail sail VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 aboard aboard ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sail back** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | with the gold; aboard *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Leave only after the wedding feast was over ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1108-pg29672-part14:e4:o4:1 # text = Leave only after the wedding feast was over 1 Leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 after after SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 over over ADV RB _ 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the wedding feast | | | | | over *property* | tree rules | **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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