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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Dead Witch: demons steal the witch…

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Which instruction did the dying witch give her daughter concerning the washing of her body?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** instruction, daughter · **What happens:** die, give, concern, wash · **To what, where:** daughter, washing, body

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 414 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Dead Witch: demons steal the witch's skin, and her body vanishes» 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/414-pg22373-part6/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:414-pg22373-part6:e1:1
# text = Which instruction did the dying witch give her daughter concerning the washing of her body?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	dying	die	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	washing	washing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **give** | past · do-support | which instruction | witch's daughter |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | witch's daughter *not said here* | the washing of witch's body |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus washing=Experiencer |
| 4 | **wash** |  |  | witch's body |  |  |  |  | nom washing «act 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 {#o1}

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That it be washed gently with lukewarm water and then left untouched

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:414-pg22373-part6:e1:o1:1
# text = That it be washed gently with lukewarm water and then left untouched
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	washed	wash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	lukewarm	lukewarm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	untouched	untouched	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | infinitive · passive |  | That |  |  |  | with lukewarm water; gently *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with water=Instrument |
| 2 | **leave** | past |  |  |  |  | then | untouched *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That it be wrapped in clean linen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:414-pg22373-part6:e1:o2:1
# text = That it be wrapped in clean linen
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	linen	linen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrap** | infinitive · passive |  | That |  | clean linen |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in linen=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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That it be scalded with the hottest boiling water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:414-pg22373-part6:e1:o3:1
# text = That it be scalded with the hottest boiling water
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	scalded	scald	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	hottest	hot	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
8	boiling	boiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scald** | infinitive · passive |  | That |  |  |  | with the hottest boiling water | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with water=Instrument |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That it be carried outside and burned on the fire at dawn with herbs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:414-pg22373-part6:e1:o4:1
# text = That it be carried outside and burned on the fire at dawn with herbs
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | infinitive · passive |  | That |  |  |  | outside *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **burn** | participle |  |  |  | the fire | dawn |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on fire=Location |

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