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title: What was the ultimate fate of the nobleman upon entering the third v… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Serpent's Wife… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the ultimate fate of the nobleman upon entering the third vat? Exam question 2 of lesson 1110 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Serpent's Wife, part 16: Tremsin wins the herd and the Nastasia's riddle, then a labourer's wife turns out to be a serpent» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wi
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Serpent's Wife, part 16: Tremsin w…

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What was the ultimate fate of the nobleman upon entering the third vat?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nobleman · **What happens:** be, enter · **To what, where:** ultimate fate, third vat

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1110 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Serpent's Wife, part 16: Tremsin wins the herd and the Nastasia's riddle, then a labourer's wife turns out to be a serpent» 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/1110-pg29672-part16/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1110-pg29672-part16:e2:1
# text = What was the ultimate fate of the nobleman upon entering the third vat?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	ultimate	ultimate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fate	fate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	nobleman	nobleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	entering	enter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	amod	_	_
13	vat	vat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the ultimate fate |  |  |  | of the nobleman | tree rules |
| 2 | **enter** | gerund | the nobleman *not said here* | the third vat |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme vat=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Dissolution into fragments

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1110-pg29672-part16:e2:o1:1
# text = Dissolution into fragments
1	Dissolution	dissolution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	fragments	fragment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Being boiled alive and dissolved slowly into the milk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1110-pg29672-part16:e2:o2:1
# text = Being boiled alive and dissolved slowly into the milk
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	boiled	boil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boil** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  | alive *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V» |
| 2 | **dissolve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | into the milk *result*; slowly *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into milk=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Turning into a stone pillar standing in the middle of the field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1110-pg29672-part16:e2:o3:1
# text = Turning into a stone pillar standing in the middle of the field
1	Turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	pillar	pillar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | gerund |  |  |  | a stone pillar |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into pillar=Trajectory |
| 2 | **stand** | gerund |  |  |  | the middle of the field |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in middle=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Imprisonment in the vat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1110-pg29672-part16:e2:o4:1
# text = Imprisonment in the vat
1	Imprisonment	imprisonment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	vat	vat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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