--- title: What did the brothers find inside the casket when it was opened in t… — Russian Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who W… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the brothers find inside the casket when it was opened in the presence of the people? Exam question 3 of lesson 1124 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Went to School: an old man is sent to school, a nobleman gives him a purse, and his sons are tricked» of the books course of Mova's prim --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1124-pg29672-part30/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 Old Man Who W…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1124-pg29672-part30/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Went to School: an ol… What did the brothers find inside the casket when it was opened in the presence of the people? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brothers · **What happens:** do, find, open · **To what, where:** casket, presence This is exam question 3 of lesson 1124 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Went to School: an old man is sent to school, a nobleman gives him a purse, and his sons are tricked» 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/1124-pg29672-part30/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1124-pg29672-part30:e3:1 # text = What did the brothers find inside the casket when it was opened in the presence of the people? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 inside inside ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 casket casket NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **find** | present | the brothers | | | the casket | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **open** | past · passive | | casket | | the presence of the people | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme in presence=Location | 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} old broken stones ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1124-pg29672-part30:e3:o1:1 # text = old broken stones 1 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} glass ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1124-pg29672-part30:e3:o2:1 # text = glass 1 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} "nothing but glass" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1124-pg29672-part30:e3:o3:1 # text = "nothing but glass" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a small dry note ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1124-pg29672-part30:e3:o4:1 # text = a small dry note 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 note note 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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