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title: Which animals undertook to obtain sustenance for the imprisoned prot… — Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Widow'… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which animals undertook to obtain sustenance for the imprisoned protagonist, and by what method? Exam question 4 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, 
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# Exam question 4 · Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Widow's Son, part 43: the…

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Which animals undertook to obtain sustenance for the imprisoned protagonist, and by what method?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** animals · **What happens:** undertake, obtain, imprison · **To what, where:** sustenance

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1719-pg640-part43:e4:1
# text = Which animals undertook to obtain sustenance for the imprisoned protagonist, and by what method?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	undertook	undertake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	sustenance	sustenance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	imprisoned	imprison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	parataxis	_	_
15	method	method	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | past | which animals |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **obtain** | to-infinitive | which animals *not said here* | sustenance |  |  |  | for the imprisoned protagonist | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent sustenance=Theme for protagonist=Asset |
| 3 | **imprison** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: 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 {#o1}

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Schurka and Waska, by stealing rolls and sweet cake from the baker's shop

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1719-pg640-part43:e4:o1:1
# text = Schurka and Waska, by stealing rolls and sweet cake from the baker's shop
1	Schurka	Schurka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Waska	Waska	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	rolls	roll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	baker	baker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | gerund | Schurka and Waska | rolls and sweet cake |  | the baker's shop |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent roll=Theme from shop=Source |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Schurka and Waska, by stealing rolls from a baker

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1719-pg640-part43:e4:o2:1
# text = Schurka and Waska, by stealing rolls from a baker
1	Schurka	Schurka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Waska	Waska	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	rolls	roll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	baker	baker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | gerund | Schurka and Waska | rolls |  | a baker |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent roll=Theme from baker=Source |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Schurka, by bringing food from the King

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1719-pg640-part43:e4:o3:1
# text = Schurka, by bringing food from the King
1	Schurka	Schurka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	bringing	bring	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | gerund | Schurka *not said here* | food |  |  |  | from the King | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent food=Theme from king=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Schurka and Waska, by stealing fresh rolls from a baker in the market

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1719-pg640-part43:e4:o4:1
# text = Schurka and Waska, by stealing fresh rolls from a baker in the market
1	Schurka	Schurka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Waska	Waska	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	rolls	roll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	baker	baker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | gerund | Schurka and Waska | fresh rolls |  | a baker |  | in the market | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent roll=Theme from baker=Source |

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