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title: Pursuant to the narrative, what quantity of gold pieces did the yout… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Ivan… · tree and pragmatics
description: Pursuant to the narrative, what quantity of gold pieces did the youth possess upon his departure from his master? Exam question 1 of lesson 1119 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Ivan and the Daughter of the Sun, part 1: Ivan buys incense, chooses a wife, and builds a hut» of the books course of Mov
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Ivan and the Daughter of…

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Pursuant to the narrative, what quantity of gold pieces did the youth possess upon his departure from his master?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** narrative, youth · **What happens:** do, possess, depart · **To what, where:** master

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1119 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Ivan and the Daughter of the Sun, part 1: Ivan buys incense, chooses a wife, and builds a hut» 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/1119-pg29672-part25/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1119-pg29672-part25:e1:1
# text = Pursuant to the narrative, what quantity of gold pieces did the youth possess upon his departure from his master?
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	youth	youth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	possess	possess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
15	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | the narrative |  |  |  |  | pursuant *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **possess** | present | the youth |  |  | narrative's master |  | upon narrative's departure | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **depart** |  | narrative |  |  |  |  |  | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Twelve gold pieces

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1119-pg29672-part25:e1:o1:1
# text = Twelve gold pieces
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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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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Nine gold pieces

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1119-pg29672-part25:e1:o2:1
# text = Nine gold pieces
1	Nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Seven gold pieces

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1119-pg29672-part25:e1:o3:1
# text = Seven gold pieces
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nine gold pieces, each one bearing the tsar's stamp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1119-pg29672-part25:e1:o4:1
# text = Nine gold pieces, each one bearing the tsar's stamp
1	Nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	bearing	bear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tsar	tsar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	stamp	stamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | gerund | Nine gold pieces and each one *not said here* | the tsar's stamp |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stamp=Patient |

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