--- title: Which of the three brothers is described in the narrative as a fool? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Three Brothers… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the three brothers is described in the narrative as a fool? Exam question 1 of lesson 1117 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Three Brothers: a hog eats the golden apples, and a flute tells the truth about a murder» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1117-pg29672-part23/e1/) [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 Folk-Tales, The Three Brothers…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1117-pg29672-part23/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Three Brothers: a hog eats the gol… Which of the three brothers is described in the narrative as a fool? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** describe · **To what, where:** narrative This is exam question 1 of lesson 1117 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Three Brothers: a hog eats the golden apples, and a flute tells the truth about a murder» 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/1117-pg29672-part23/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1117-pg29672-part23:e1:1 # text = Which of the three brothers is described in the narrative as a fool? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | present · passive | | | | the narrative | | of the three brothers; as a fool | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: which=Theme as fool=Attribute | 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 {#o1} the younger brother ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1117-pg29672-part23:e1:o1:1 # text = the younger brother 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} the youngest brother ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1117-pg29672-part23:e1:o2:1 # text = the youngest brother 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} the third brother who kept the gun ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1117-pg29672-part23:e1:o3:1 # text = the third brother who kept the gun 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | the third brother | the gun | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gun=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} the middle brother ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1117-pg29672-part23:e1:o4:1 # text = the middle brother 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 middle middle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 brother brother 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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