--- title: Which character, having been advised by her blind grandmother, reque… — Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, the flowe… · tree and pragmatics description: Which character, having been advised by her blind grandmother, requested burial at a crossway where four roads meet? Exam question 1 of lesson 413 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, the flower maiden» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/413-pg22373-part5/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, the flowe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/413-pg22373-part5/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, the flower maiden Which character, having been advised by her blind grandmother, requested burial at a crossway where four roads meet? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** blind grandmother, four roads · **What happens:** advise, request, meet · **To what, where:** character This is exam question 1 of lesson 413 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, the flower maiden» 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/413-pg22373-part5/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:413-pg22373-part5:e1:1 # text = Which character, having been advised by her blind grandmother, requested burial at a crossway where four roads meet? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 advised advise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 requested request VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 burial burial NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 crossway crossway NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 20 advmod _ _ 18 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 roads road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **advise** *speech: other* | gerund · perfect · passive | her blind grandmother | which character | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient | | 2 | **request** | participle | | | | | | | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **meet** | infinitive | four roads | | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} The young seigneur's son ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:413-pg22373-part5:e1:o1:1 # text = The young seigneur's son 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 seigneur seigneur NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The blind grandmother ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:413-pg22373-part5:e1:o2:1 # text = The blind grandmother 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Natalka ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:413-pg22373-part5:e1:o3:1 # text = Natalka 1 Natalka Natalka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Marusia ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:413-pg22373-part5:e1:o4:1 # text = Marusia 1 Marusia Marusia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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