--- title: Identify the substance which the Serpent King had swallowed and was… — Russian Folk-Tales, Vassili and Mark t… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the substance which the Serpent King had swallowed and was compelled to return, as stipulated by the young girl. Exam question 2 of lesson 1755 «Russian Folk-Tales, Vassili and Mark the Rich, part 6: Vassili visits the Serpent King and tricks him out of Mark's ships» of the books course of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1755-pg641-part6/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Russian Folk-Tales, Vassili and Mark t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1755-pg641-part6/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, Vassili and Mark the Rich, part 6: Vas… Identify the substance which the Serpent King had swallowed and was compelled to return, as stipulated by the young girl. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Serpent King · **What happens:** identify, swallow, compel, return, stipulate · **To what, where:** substance This is exam question 2 of lesson 1755 «Russian Folk-Tales, Vassili and Mark the Rich, part 6: Vassili visits the Serpent King and tricks him out of Mark's ships» 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/1755-pg641-part6/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1755-pg641-part6:e2:1 # text = Identify the substance which the Serpent King had swallowed and was compelled to return, as stipulated by the young girl. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 substance substance NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Serpent Serpent PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 swallowed swallow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 compelled compel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 stipulated stipulate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the substance | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent substance=Theme | | 2 | **swallow** | past · perfect | the Serpent King | the substance | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | | 3 | **compel** | past · passive | the Serpent King *not said here* | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: clause=Result | | 4 | **return** | to-infinitive | the Serpent King *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **stipulate** | participle | the Serpent King *not said here* | | | | | by the young girl | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The twelve ships of Mark the Rich ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1755-pg641-part6:e2:o1:1 # text = The twelve ships of Mark the Rich 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Mark Mark PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Rich Rich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The twelve horses of the king ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1755-pg641-part6:e2:o2:1 # text = The twelve horses of the king 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The silver of Mark the Rich ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1755-pg641-part6:e2:o3:1 # text = The silver of Mark the Rich 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Mark Mark PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Rich Rich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The twelve ships of Mark the Rich together with all their sailors and cargo ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1755-pg641-part6:e2:o4:1 # text = The twelve ships of Mark the Rich together with all their sailors and cargo 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Mark Mark PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Rich Rich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 together together ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 sailors sailor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 cargo cargo NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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