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description: What was the principal impediment to King Kojata's acquisition of the golden jug? Exam question 3 of lesson 1907 «Russian Fairy Tales, Mr. Simon: the rogues drown the wrong man and are drowned themselves» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 3 · Russian Fairy Tales, Mr. Simon: the rogues drown the wrong…

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What was the principal impediment to King Kojata's acquisition of the golden jug?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** principal impediment, King · **What happens:** be, acquire · **To what, where:** golden jug

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1907 «Russian Fairy Tales, Mr. Simon: the rogues drown the wrong man and are drowned themselves» 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/1907-pg7277-part44/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1907-pg7277-part44:e3:1
# text = What was the principal impediment to King Kojata's acquisition of the golden jug?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	impediment	impediment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	_
8	Kojata	Kojata	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
10	acquisition	acquisition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	jug	jug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the principal impediment to King's acquisition of the golden jug |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **acquire** |  | King | the golden jug |  |  |  |  | nom acquisition «act transitive»: poss=agent 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Its habit of eluding his grasp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1907-pg7277-part44:e3:o1:1
# text = Its habit of eluding his grasp
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	habit	habit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	eluding	elude	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	grasp	grasp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **elude** | gerund | Its habit *not said here* | his grasp |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent grasp=Location |
| 2 | **grasp** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom grasp «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The jug's heavy weight and size

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1907-pg7277-part44:e3:o2:1
# text = The jug's heavy weight and size
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	jug	jug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Its golden shine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1907-pg7277-part44:e3:o3:1
# text = Its golden shine
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	shine	shine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The river's cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1907-pg7277-part44:e3:o4:1
# text = The river's cold
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

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