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title: What was the sentence imposed upon the protagonist by the royal coun… — Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Widow'… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the sentence imposed upon the protagonist by the royal council? Exam question 3 of lesson 1719 «Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Widow's Son, part 43: the King jails Martin, and his animal friends steal rolls to save him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 3 · Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Widow's Son, part 43: the…

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What was the sentence imposed upon the protagonist by the royal council?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, impose · **To what, where:** sentence

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1719 «Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Widow's Son, part 43: the King jails Martin, and his animal friends steal rolls to save him» 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/1719-pg640-part43/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1719-pg640-part43:e3:1
# text = What was the sentence imposed upon the protagonist by the royal council?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	imposed	impose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the sentence |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **impose** | participle |  | the sentence *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the protagonist; by the royal council | vn enforce-63 «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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Imprisonment in a stone tower until death by starvation and cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1719-pg640-part43:e3:o1:1
# text = Imprisonment in a stone tower until death by starvation and cold
1	Imprisonment	imprisonment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	until	until	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	starvation	starvation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Being tarred, feathered and sent to the forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1719-pg640-part43:e3:o2:1
# text = Being tarred, feathered and sent to the forest
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	tarred	tar	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	feathered	feathered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tar** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination» |
| 2 | **send** | participle |  |  |  | the forest |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to forest=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Imprisonment in a high stone tower with the cat until death by starvation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1719-pg640-part43:e3:o3:1
# text = Imprisonment in a high stone tower with the cat until death by starvation
1	Imprisonment	imprisonment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	until	until	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	starvation	starvation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **imprison** |  | starvation |  |  | a high stone tower with the cat until death |  |  | nom imprisonment «act transitive»: in=place by=agent |

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

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Imprisonment in a stone tower until death by starvation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1719-pg640-part43:e3:o4:1
# text = Imprisonment in a stone tower until death by starvation
1	Imprisonment	imprisonment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	until	until	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	starvation	starvation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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