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title: In what order did the forty-one brothers choose their brides, and by… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Forty-First Br… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what order did the forty-one brothers choose their brides, and by what criterion was the youngest's choice determined? Exam question 1 of lesson 1129 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Forty-First Brother: the foal saves the brothers from Wednesday and the youngest wins the Tsar's favour» of the books cour
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Forty-First Brother: the foal save…

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In what order did the forty-one brothers choose their brides, and by what criterion was the youngest's choice determined?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** one brothers, criterion · **What happens:** do, choose, be, determine · **To what, where:** order, brides, youngest choice

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1129 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Forty-First Brother: the foal saves the brothers from Wednesday and the youngest wins the Tsar's favour» 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/1129-pg29672-part35/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1129-pg29672-part35:e1:1
# text = In what order did the forty-one brothers choose their brides, and by what criterion was the youngest's choice determined?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	choose	choose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	brides	bride	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	parataxis	_	_
17	criterion	criterion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
20	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	22	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	's	PART	POS	_	20	case	_	_
22	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
23	determined	determine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  | what order |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **choose** | present | the one brothers | brothers's brides |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | past | criterion | the youngest choice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **determine** | participle |  | the youngest choice *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: 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 {#o1}

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By lot, drawn from a hat by the old man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1129-pg29672-part35:e1:o1:1
# text = By lot, drawn from a hat by the old man
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by lot; by the old man; from a hat | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from hat=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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By the youngest's preference for the bride holding the kerchief

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1129-pg29672-part35:e1:o2:1
# text = By the youngest's preference for the bride holding the kerchief
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	preference	preference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	kerchief	kerchief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | gerund | the youngest preference for the bride *not said here* | the kerchief |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kerchief=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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In birth order, and the youngest's choice was decided by the foal's advice on the road

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1129-pg29672-part35:e1:o3:1
# text = In birth order, and the youngest's choice was decided by the foal's advice on the road
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	decided	decide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	foal	foal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | past · passive | the foal's advice on the road | the youngest choice |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent subject=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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In birth order, with the youngest choosing last of all the brothers present

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1129-pg29672-part35:e1:o4:1
# text = In birth order, with the youngest choosing last of all the brothers present
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
8	choosing	choose	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
9	last	last	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	13	det:predet	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	present	present	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | gerund | birth order *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **present** | present | all brothers |  |  |  |  | last *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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