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description: Which phrase did King Frost repeat to the girl, as recorded in the passage? Exam question 1 of lesson 1725 «Russian Folk-Tales, King Frost: the stepmother's daughter is frozen while the girl is saved» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, King Frost: the stepmother's daughter…

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Which phrase did King Frost repeat to the girl, as recorded in the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase · **What happens:** frost, record · **To what, where:** repeat, passage

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1725 «Russian Folk-Tales, King Frost: the stepmother's daughter is frozen while the girl is saved» 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/1725-pg640-part49/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1725-pg640-part49:e1:1
# text = Which phrase did King Frost repeat to the girl, as recorded in the passage?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	Frost	frost	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	repeat	repeat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frost** | past · do-support | which phrase | repeat |  |  |  | to the girl | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent repeat=Destination |
| 2 | **record** | participle | which phrase *not said here* |  |  | the passage |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in passage=Destination |

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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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Are you cold, maiden?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1725-pg640-part49:e1:o1:1
# text = Are you cold, maiden?
1	Are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Are you warm, maiden?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1725-pg640-part49:e1:o2:1
# text = "Are you warm, maiden?"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** *in a quote* |  | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Warm, maiden?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1725-pg640-part49:e1:o3:1
# text = Warm, maiden?
1	Warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Are you well, girl?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1725-pg640-part49:e1:o4:1
# text = Are you well, girl?
1	Are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | you | well girl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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