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title: Describe the transformation undergone by the protagonist following t… — Russian Fairy Tales, Daniel the Cossac… · tree and pragmatics
description: Describe the transformation undergone by the protagonist following the application of the chain. Exam question 4 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 t
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# Exam question 4 · Russian Fairy Tales, Daniel the Cossack, part 18: Daniel i…

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Describe the transformation undergone by the protagonist following the application of the chain.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, protagonist, chain · **What happens:** describe, undergo, follow, apply · **To what, where:** transformation, application

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:e4:1
# text = Describe the transformation undergone by the protagonist following the application of the chain.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	undergone	undergo	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	application	application	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the transformation |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent transformation=Theme |
| 2 | **undergo** | participle |  | the transformation *not said here* |  |  |  | by the protagonist | tree rules |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund | the protagonist *not said here* | the application of the chain |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent application=Theme |
| 4 | **apply** |  | the chain |  |  |  |  |  | nom application «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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into a beautiful horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:e4:o1:1
# text = into a beautiful horse
1	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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into a magnificent black horse with silver hooves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:e4:o2:1
# text = into a magnificent black horse with silver hooves
1	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	magnificent	magnificent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	hooves	hoove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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into a silver stallion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:e4:o3:1
# text = into a silver stallion
1	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	stallion	stallion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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into a tall horse that could speak like a man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:e4:o4:1
# text = into a tall horse that could speak like a man
1	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | could | a tall horse |  |  |  |  | like a man | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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