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description: State the purpose of the mother's second test, namely the distribution of three puppies. Exam question 3 of lesson 1803 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest son's frog spins his linen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Exam question 3 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest…

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State the purpose of the mother's second test, namely the distribution of three puppies.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** second test, mother · **What happens:** purpose, test, distribute · **To what, where:** three puppies

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1803 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest son's frog spins his linen» 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/1803-pg641-part54/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:e3:1
# text = State the purpose of the mother's second test, namely the distribution of three puppies.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	namely	namely	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	distribution	distribution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	puppies	puppy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purpose** |  | the mother's second test |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |
| 2 | **test** |  | the mother |  |  |  |  |  | nom test «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
| 3 | **distribute** |  |  | three puppies |  |  |  |  | nom distribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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To determine which bride trains her dog best and which one is worthy of the youngest son

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:e3:o1:1
# text = To determine which bride trains her dog best and which one is worthy of the youngest son
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	determine	determine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
3	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	trains	train	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	13	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	11	det	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	worthy	worthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	17	amod	_	_
17	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | to-infinitive |  | which bride |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Topic |
| 2 | **train** | present |  | bride's dog |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | which one |  |  |  |  | of the youngest son; well, worthy *property* | tree rules |

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

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To determine which bride trains her dog best

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:e3:o2:1
# text = To determine which bride trains her dog best
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	determine	determine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
3	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	trains	train	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | to-infinitive |  | which bride |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Topic |
| 2 | **train** | present |  | best |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To find out which of the brides can train the puppy to obey and bring it back to the palace

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:e3:o3:1
# text = To find out which of the brides can train the puppy to obey and bring it back to the palace
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	brides	bride	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	train	train	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	obey	obey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	back	back	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find out** | to-infinitive | the brides *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **train** | can | the brides | the puppy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **obey** | to-infinitive | the brides *not said here* | the puppy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **bring back** | infinitive | the brides *not said here* | puppy |  | the palace |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to palace=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To decide which bride keeps her dog best

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:e3:o4:1
# text = To decide which bride keeps her dog best
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	decide	decide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
3	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	xcomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | to-infinitive |  | which bride |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent bride=Topic |
| 2 | **keep** | present |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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