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title: Subsequent to the passage of the red wave, what course of conduct is… — Russian Folk-Tales, Tremsin and the Bi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Subsequent to the passage of the red wave, what course of conduct is prescribed? Exam question 4 of lesson 1109 «Russian Folk-Tales, Tremsin and the Bird Zhar, part 15: the impossible sea task» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Tremsin and the Bird Zhar, part 15: th…

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Subsequent to the passage of the red wave, what course of conduct is prescribed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** red wave · **What happens:** prescribe, pass · **To what, where:** Subsequent

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1109 «Russian Folk-Tales, Tremsin and the Bird Zhar, part 15: the impossible sea task» 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/1109-pg29672-part15/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1109-pg29672-part15:e4:1
# text = Subsequent to the passage of the red wave, what course of conduct is prescribed?
1	Subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	11	det	_	_
11	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prescribe** | present · passive |  | Subsequent |  |  |  | to the passage of the red wave | tree rules |
| 2 | **pass** |  | the red wave |  |  |  |  |  | nom passage «act intransitive»: of=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 {#o1}

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withdraw up the beach, then sit down and keep careful watch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1109-pg29672-part15:e4:o1:1
# text = withdraw up the beach, then sit down and keep careful watch
1	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	down	down	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withdraw up** | imperative | you *not said here* | the beach |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beach=Theme |
| 2 | **sit down** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* | careful watch |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
advance, then sit and keep watch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1109-pg29672-part15:e4:o2:1
# text = advance, then sit and keep watch
1	advance	advance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
4	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | infinitive | advance |  |  |  | then |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | advance *not said here* | watch |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
withdraw, then stand and wave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1109-pg29672-part15:e4:o3:1
# text = withdraw, then stand and wave
1	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
4	stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	wave	wave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withdraw** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stand** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **wave** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
withdraw, then sit and keep watch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1109-pg29672-part15:e4:o4:1
# text = withdraw, then sit and keep watch
1	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
4	sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withdraw** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sit** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* | watch |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=Theme |

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