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title: Which condition did Ivan Golik impose upon the prince regarding his… — Russian Folk-Tales, Ivan Golik, part 3… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which condition did Ivan Golik impose upon the prince regarding his spouse? Exam question 3 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
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# Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, Ivan Golik, part 38: the prince wins t…

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Which condition did Ivan Golik impose upon the prince regarding his spouse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition · **What happens:** impose, regard · **To what, where:** spouse

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1132-pg29672-part38:e3:1
# text = Which condition did Ivan Golik impose upon the prince regarding his spouse?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	Golik	Golik	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	impose	impose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	spouse	spouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impose** | present | which condition |  |  |  |  | upon the prince | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **regard** | gerund | which condition *not said here* | condition's spouse |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spouse=Theme |

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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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Hiding the matter from her for years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1132-pg29672-part38:e3:o1:1
# text = Hiding the matter from her for years
1	Hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | gerund |  | the matter |  |  | year | from her *= she* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent matter=Patient from she=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Withholding the full truth of the bow and the horse from her for seven years

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1132-pg29672-part38:e3:o2:1
# text = Withholding the full truth of the bow and the horse from her for seven years
1	Withholding	withhold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withhold** | gerund |  | the full truth of the bow and the horse |  |  | year | from horse | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Keeping the bow secret from his kin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1132-pg29672-part38:e3:o3:1
# text = Keeping the bow secret from his kin
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	kin	kin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  | the bow secret |  | his kin |  |  | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer secret=Beneficiary from kin=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Withholding the truth from her for seven years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1132-pg29672-part38:e3:o4:1
# text = Withholding the truth from her for seven years
1	Withholding	withhold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withhold** | gerund |  | the truth |  |  | year | from her *= she* | tree rules |

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