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title: To which three companions did the travelling pair pay their visits b… — Red Fairy Book, Marya Morevna: Ivan ou… · tree and pragmatics
description: To which three companions did the travelling pair pay their visits before returning to their realm? Exam question 4 of lesson 1515 «Red Fairy Book, Marya Morevna: Ivan outwits the Baba Yaga and rescues his bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 4 · Red Fairy Book, Marya Morevna: Ivan outwits the Baba Yaga…

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To which three companions did the travelling pair pay their visits before returning to their realm?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** three companions, companions · **What happens:** do, pay, return, visit · **To what, where:** travelling pair, visits

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1515 «Red Fairy Book, Marya Morevna: Ivan outwits the Baba Yaga and rescues his bride» 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/1515-pg540-part12/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1515-pg540-part12:e4:1
# text = To which three companions did the travelling pair pay their visits before returning to their realm?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	obl	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	companions	companion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	travelling	travelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	visits	visit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	returning	return	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	realm	realm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | three companions | the travelling pair |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pay** | infinitive | three companions *not said here* | companions's visits |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visit=Asset |
| 3 | **return** | gerund | three companions *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to companions's realm *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to realm=Result |
| 4 | **visit** |  | companions *= companion* |  |  |  |  |  | nom visit «act transitive»: poss=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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The Owl, the Eagle and the Hawk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1515-pg540-part12:e4:o1:1
# text = The Owl, the Eagle and the Hawk
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Owl	Owl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Hawk	Hawk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Raven, the Hawk and the Kite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1515-pg540-part12:e4:o2:1
# text = The Raven, the Hawk and the Kite
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Raven	Raven	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Hawk	Hawk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Kite	kite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Raven, the Eagle and the Falcon, who lived in the high mountains

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1515-pg540-part12:e4:o3:1
# text = The Raven, the Eagle and the Falcon, who lived in the high mountains
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Raven	Raven	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Falcon	Falcon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the Raven and the Eagle and the Falcon |  |  | the high mountains |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mountain=Location |

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

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The Raven, the Eagle and the Falcon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1515-pg540-part12:e4:o4:1
# text = The Raven, the Eagle and the Falcon
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Raven	Raven	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Falcon	falcon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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