--- title: Which term denotes the small Russian coin at the centre of the dispu… — Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a… · tree and pragmatics description: Which term denotes the small Russian coin at the centre of the dispute? Exam question 4 of lesson 419 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a stingy merchant tries to dodge paying one copeck and gets tricked» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/419-pg22373-part11/e4/) [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, Marko the Rich: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/419-pg22373-part11/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a stingy merchant trie… Which term denotes the small Russian coin at the centre of the dispute? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** term · **What happens:** denote · **To what, where:** small Russian coin, centre This is exam question 4 of lesson 419 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a stingy merchant tries to dodge paying one copeck and gets tricked» 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/419-pg22373-part11/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:e4:1 # text = Which term denotes the small Russian coin at the centre of the dispute? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 Russian Russian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 coin coin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 centre centre NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dispute dispute NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | which term | the small Russian coin | | the centre of the dispute | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot coin=Topic | 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 {#o1} rouble ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:e4:o1:1 # text = rouble 1 rouble rouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} small Russian coin of low value ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:e4:o2:1 # text = small Russian coin of low value 1 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 Russian Russian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 coin coin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **coin** | | | low value | | | | | nom coin «possession transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} copeck ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:e4:o3:1 # text = copeck 1 copeck copeck NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} moujik's coin of the Russian empire ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:e4:o4:1 # text = moujik's coin of the Russian empire 1 moujik moujik NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 coin coin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Russian Russian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 empire empire NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **coin** | | moujik | the Russian empire | | | | | nom coin «possession transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | **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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