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title: With reference to the narrative, specify the substance administered… — Russian Fairy Tales, The Serpent-Tsare… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the narrative, specify the substance administered by the Empress to the Tsarevich prior to the first night. Exam question 3 of lesson 1121 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Serpent-Tsarevich, part 27: the bride trades apples for nights with her husband» of the books course of Mova's primar
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# Exam question 3 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Serpent-Tsarevich, part 27: the b…

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With reference to the narrative, specify the substance administered by the Empress to the Tsarevich prior to the first night.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** specify, administer · **To what, where:** substance

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1121 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Serpent-Tsarevich, part 27: the bride trades apples for nights with her husband» 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/1121-pg29672-part27/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1121-pg29672-part27:e3:1
# text = With reference to the narrative, specify the substance administered by the Empress to the Tsarevich prior to the first night.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	specify	specify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	administered	administer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Empress	empress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	Tsarevich	Tsarevich	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	prior	prior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	21	amod	_	_
21	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **specify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the substance |  |  |  | with reference to the narrative | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent substance=Theme |
| 2 | **administer** | participle |  | the substance *not said here* |  |  | night | by the Empress to the Tsarevich prior | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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a sleeping draught

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1121-pg29672-part27:e3:o1:1
# text = a sleeping draught
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sleeping	sleeping	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	draught	draught	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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a cup of bitter broth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1121-pg29672-part27:e3:o2:1
# text = a cup of bitter broth
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	broth	broth	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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a potion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1121-pg29672-part27:e3:o3:1
# text = a potion
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	potion	potion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a sour sleepy tonic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1121-pg29672-part27:e3:o4:1
# text = a sour sleepy tonic
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	sour	sour	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tonic	tonic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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