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description: In what manner does the dragon acquire the wonderful horse, according to his own account? Exam question 2 of lesson 1760 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Dragon Emperor, part 11: the prince frees a fish, a fox and a wolf, then serves the old woman» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dep
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Dragon Emperor, part 11: the prin…

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In what manner does the dragon acquire the wonderful horse, according to his own account?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** manner, you · **What happens:** do, acquire, accord, account · **To what, where:** dragon, wonderful horse

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1760 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Dragon Emperor, part 11: the prince frees a fish, a fox and a wolf, then serves the old woman» 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/1760-pg641-part11/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1760-pg641-part11:e2:1
# text = In what manner does the dragon acquire the wonderful horse, according to his own account?
1	In	in	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	acquire	acquire	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	case	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | what manner | the dragon |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Eventuality |
| 2 | **acquire** | imperative | you *not said here* | the wonderful horse |  |  |  | accord manner's own account | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset horse=Theme |
| 3 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **account** |  | manner |  |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication 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 {#o1}

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He bought it outright

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1760-pg641-part11:e2:o1:1
# text = He bought it outright
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bought	buy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	outright	outright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | past | He | it |  |  |  | outright *property* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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

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He serves the old woman for three whole days, guarding her mare and foal without letting them escape

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1760-pg641-part11:e2:o2:1
# text = He serves the old woman for three whole days, guarding her mare and foal without letting them escape
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	serves	serve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	guarding	guard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	mare	mare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	foal	foal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	letting	let	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
18	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present | He | the old woman |  |  | day |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Attribute |
| 2 | **guard** | gerund | He *not said here* |  | woman's mare and foal |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mare=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **let** | gerund | He *not said here* | mare |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **escape** | infinitive | mare *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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He stole it from her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1760-pg641-part11:e2:o3:1
# text = He stole it from her
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | He | it |  |  |  | from her *= she* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from she=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He traded his own silver saddle to the old woman for a single night of rest

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1760-pg641-part11:e2:o4:1
# text = He traded his own silver saddle to the old woman for a single night of rest
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	traded	trade	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	saddle	saddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trade** | past | He | his own silver saddle |  |  | night | to the old woman | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saddle=Theme |

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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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