--- title: What consequence did the parson warn of should the egg be broken upo… — Russian Fairy Tales, The Iron Wolf, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: What consequence did the parson warn of should the egg be broken upon the highway? Exam question 3 of lesson 1116 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Iron Wolf, part 22: a slipper fits, a servant makes a deal and runs from a wolf» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1116-pg29672-part22/e3/) [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 Fairy Tales, The Iron Wolf, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1116-pg29672-part22/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Iron Wolf, part 22: a slipper fit… What consequence did the parson warn of should the egg be broken upon the highway? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** consequence, parson · **What happens:** do, warn, break · **To what, where:** parson This is exam question 3 of lesson 1116 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Iron Wolf, part 22: a slipper fits, a servant makes a deal and runs from a wolf» 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/1116-pg29672-part22/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1116-pg29672-part22:e3:1 # text = What consequence did the parson warn of should the egg be broken upon the highway? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 consequence consequence 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 5 det _ _ 5 parson parson NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 warn warn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 6 obl _ _ 8 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 13 upon upon ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 highway highway NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | consequence | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | infinitive | the parson *not said here* | | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **break** | should · passive | | the parson | | | | upon the highway | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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} ruin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1116-pg29672-part22:e3:o1:1 # text = ruin 1 ruin ruin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the loss of his cattle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1116-pg29672-part22:e3:o2:1 # text = the loss of his cattle 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 cattle cattle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the loss of all luck ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1116-pg29672-part22:e3:o3:1 # text = the loss of all luck 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} bad luck ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1116-pg29672-part22:e3:o4:1 # text = bad luck 1 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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