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title: Identify the entity which, in the passage, conveys covert counsel to… — Russian Fairy Tales, Daniel the Cossac… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the entity which, in the passage, conveys covert counsel to the Tsarivna. Exam question 1 of lesson 1112 «Russian Fairy Tales, Daniel the Cossack, part 18: Daniel is betrayed, turned into a horse, and returns as a drake-man» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Fairy Tales, Daniel the Cossack, part 18: Daniel i…

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Identify the entity which, in the passage, conveys covert counsel to the Tsarivna.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, convey · **To what, where:** entity, covert counsel, Tsarivna, passage

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1112 «Russian Fairy Tales, Daniel the Cossack, part 18: Daniel is betrayed, turned into a horse, and returns as a drake-man» 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/1112-pg29672-part18/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:e1:1
# text = Identify the entity which, in the passage, conveys covert counsel to the Tsarivna.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	entity	entity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	conveys	convey	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
11	covert	covert	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	counsel	counsel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Tsarivna	Tsarivna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the entity |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **convey** | present |  | covert counsel | the Tsarivna | the passage |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent counsel=Topic to tsarivna=Recipient |

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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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the envious maids of the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:e1:o1:1
# text = the envious maids of the palace
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	envious	envious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	maids	maid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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the counsellors from the strange land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:e1:o2:1
# text = the counsellors from the strange land
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	counsellors	counsellor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the wicked steward of the court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:e1:o3:1
# text = the wicked steward of the court
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	steward	steward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a raven at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:e1:o4:1
# text = a raven at night
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	raven	raven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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