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title: What was the name of the feast celebrated by the village in the tale? — Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, part 4: M… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the name of the feast celebrated by the village in the tale? Exam question 1 of lesson 412 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, part 4: Marusia follows a thread to a church, sees her sweetheart's terrible secret, and learns that her parents will die» of the books course of Mova's primary school, w
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, part 4: Marusia follows a thr…

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What was the name of the feast celebrated by the village in the tale?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, celebrate · **To what, where:** name, feast, tale

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 412 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, part 4: Marusia follows a thread to a church, sees her sweetheart's terrible secret, and learns that her parents will die» 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/412-pg22373-part4/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:412-pg22373-part4:e1:1
# text = What was the name of the feast celebrated by the village in the tale?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the name |  |  |  | of the feast | tree rules |
| 2 | **celebrate** | participle |  | the feast *not said here* |  | the tale |  | by the village | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The feast of St. Andrew the First-Called

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:412-pg22373-part4:e1:o1:1
# text = The feast of St. Andrew the First-Called
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	St.	St.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:desc	_	_
5	Andrew	Andrew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	First	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | participle |  | the feast of Andrew  St. *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The feast of St. Michael the Archangel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:412-pg22373-part4:e1:o2:1
# text = The feast of St. Michael the Archangel
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	St.	St.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:desc	_	_
5	Michael	Michael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Archangel	Archangel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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St. Andrew's feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:412-pg22373-part4:e1:o3:1
# text = St. Andrew's feast
1	St.	St.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod:desc	_	_
2	Andrew	Andrew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	feast	feast	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 Easter feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:412-pg22373-part4:e1:o4:1
# text = The Easter feast
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Easter	Easter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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