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title: By what means did the princess effect the bisection of Ivan Golik? — Russian Fairy Tales, Ivan Golik: the p… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the princess effect the bisection of Ivan Golik? Exam question 1 of lesson 1133 «Russian Fairy Tales, Ivan Golik: the princess splits Ivan in two, and the brothers meet again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Fairy Tales, Ivan Golik: the princess splits Ivan…

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By what means did the princess effect the bisection of Ivan Golik?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** mean, do, bisect · **To what, where:** princess effect, Ivan · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1133 «Russian Fairy Tales, Ivan Golik: the princess splits Ivan in two, and the brothers meet again» 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/1133-pg29672-part39/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1133-pg29672-part39:e1:1
# text = By what means did the princess effect the bisection of Ivan Golik?
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bisection	bisection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	Golik	Golik	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the princess effect |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Eventuality |
| 3 | **bisect** |  |  | Ivan |  |  |  |  | nom bisection «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 {#o1}

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By waving a serpentine handkerchief bordered with gold, while standing on the palace steps before the court

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1133-pg29672-part39:e1:o1:1
# text = By waving a serpentine handkerchief bordered with gold, while standing on the palace steps before the court
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	waving	wave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	serpentine	serpentine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	bordered	border	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
16	before	before	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | gerund |  | a serpentine handkerchief |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handkerchief=Patient |
| 2 | **border** | participle |  | a serpentine handkerchief *not said here* |  |  |  | with gold | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **stand** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | on the palace steps before the court | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on step=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By striking him with a silver rod

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1133-pg29672-part39:e1:o2:1
# text = By striking him with a silver rod
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	striking	strike	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	rod	rod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | with a silver rod | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with rod=Instrument |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By cutting him with a golden sword

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1133-pg29672-part39:e1:o3:1
# text = By cutting him with a golden sword
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | with a golden sword | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient with sword=Instrument |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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By waving a serpentine handkerchief bordered with gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1133-pg29672-part39:e1:o4:1
# text = By waving a serpentine handkerchief bordered with gold
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	waving	wave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	serpentine	serpentine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	bordered	border	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | gerund |  | a serpentine handkerchief |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handkerchief=Patient |
| 2 | **border** | participle |  | a serpentine handkerchief *not said here* |  |  |  | with gold | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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