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title: What procedure did the identification of the youngest daughter entail? — Russian Folk-Tales, Ivan Golik, part 3… · tree and pragmatics
description: What procedure did the identification of the youngest daughter entail? Exam question 2 of lesson 1132 «Russian Folk-Tales, Ivan Golik, part 38: the prince wins the serpent's daughter with Golik's help, then plans to go home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, Ivan Golik, part 38: the prince wins t…

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What procedure did the identification of the youngest daughter entail?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** procedure · **What happens:** do, identify · **To what, where:** identification, youngest daughter entail

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1132 «Russian Folk-Tales, Ivan Golik, part 38: the prince wins the serpent's daughter with Golik's help, then plans to go home» 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/1132-pg29672-part38/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1132-pg29672-part38:e2:1
# text = What procedure did the identification of the youngest daughter entail?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	procedure	procedure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	identification	identification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
9	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	entail	entail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | procedure | the identification of the youngest daughter entail |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **identify** |  |  | the youngest daughter entail |  |  |  |  | nom identification «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Lining them up and asking the serpent for a sign

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1132-pg29672-part38:e2:o1:1
# text = Lining them up and asking the serpent for a sign
1	Lining	line	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **line up** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Destination |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  | the serpent |  |  |  | for a sign | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent serpent=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Walking round the daughters three times as the gnat marked the bride for the prince to name aloud

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1132-pg29672-part38:e2:o2:1
# text = Walking round the daughters three times as the gnat marked the bride for the prince to name aloud
1	Walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
2	round	round	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gnat	gnat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
10	marked	mark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	name	name	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
18	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund |  |  |  |  | time | round the daughters; as the gnat | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round daughter=Trajectory |
| 2 | **mark** | past | Walking | the bride |  |  |  | for the prince | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bride=Theme |
| 3 | **name** | to-infinitive | Walking *not said here* |  |  |  |  | aloud *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Walking round the daughters three times while the gnat indicated the bride

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1132-pg29672-part38:e2:o3:1
# text = Walking round the daughters three times while the gnat indicated the bride
1	Walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
2	round	round	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gnat	gnat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	indicated	indicate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund | the gnat *not said here* |  |  |  | time | round the daughters | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round daughter=Trajectory |
| 2 | **indicate** | past | the gnat | the bride |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bride=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Taking the eldest daughter by her hand at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1132-pg29672-part38:e2:o4:1
# text = Taking the eldest daughter by her hand at once
1	Taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | gerund |  | the eldest daughter |  |  |  | by her hand | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme at once=Asset |

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