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title: By what means were the designs of the Prince's brothers ultimately f… — Russian Fairy Tales, The Golden Mermai… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means were the designs of the Prince's brothers ultimately frustrated? Exam question 2 of lesson 1935 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Golden Mermaid: the Prince catches the mermaid, but his jealous brothers kill him and the wolf brings him back to life» of the books course of Mova's primary school
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Golden Mermaid: the Prince catche…

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By what means were the designs of the Prince's brothers ultimately frustrated?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, be · **To what, where:** designs

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1935 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Golden Mermaid: the Prince catches the mermaid, but his jealous brothers kill him and the wolf brings him back to life» 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/1935-pg7277-part72/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1935-pg7277-part72:e2:1
# text = By what means were the designs of the Prince's brothers ultimately frustrated?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	designs	design	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
12	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	frustrated	frustrated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the designs |  |  |  | of the Prince's brothers | tree rules |

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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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The wolf dug up the Prince's body and then breathed over him near the flowery grave until he woke

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1935-pg7277-part72:e2:o1:1
# text = The wolf dug up the Prince's body and then breathed over him near the flowery grave until he woke
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dug	dig	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	breathed	breathe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	over	over	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
14	near	near	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	flowery	flowery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	woke	wake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig up** | participle | the wolf | the Prince's body |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent body=Theme |
| 2 | **breathe** | past | the wolf *not said here* |  |  | the flowery grave | then | over wolf | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **wake** | past | wolf |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The brothers were punished by the Emperor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1935-pg7277-part72:e2:o2:1
# text = The brothers were punished by the Emperor
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	punished	punish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punish** | past · passive | the Emperor | the brothers |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The wolf restored the Prince to life by breathing upon him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1935-pg7277-part72:e2:o3:1
# text = The wolf restored the Prince to life by breathing upon him
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	restored	restore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	breathing	breathe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restore** | past | the wolf | the Prince | life |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Theme to life=Recipient |
| 2 | **breathe** | gerund | the wolf *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon wolf | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The mermaid kissed the wounds until he woke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1935-pg7277-part72:e2:o4:1
# text = The mermaid kissed the wounds until he woke
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kissed	kiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wounds	wound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	woke	wake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kiss** | past | the mermaid | the wounds |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wound=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **wake** | past | mermaid |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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