--- title: Describe the outcome for the seigneur and his lady following the eve… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Describe the outcome for the seigneur and his lady following the events described in the closing passage. Exam question 4 of lesson 422 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon: the Smith burns the seigneur, then the Demon saves him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/422-pg22373-part14/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, The Smith and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/422-pg22373-part14/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon: the Smith bur… Describe the outcome for the seigneur and his lady following the events described in the closing passage. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, lady · **What happens:** describe, follow · **To what, where:** outcome, events, closing passage This is exam question 4 of lesson 422 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon: the Smith burns the seigneur, then the Demon saves him» 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/422-pg22373-part14/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:e4:1 # text = Describe the outcome for the seigneur and his lady following the events described in the closing passage. 1 Describe describe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 outcome outcome NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 seigneur seigneur NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 events event NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 closing closing NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the outcome | | | | for the seigneur and his lady | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme | | 2 | **follow** | gerund | his lady *not said here* | the events | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=Theme | | 3 | **describe** | participle | | the events *not said here* | | the closing passage | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They lead a prosperous life together ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:e4:o1:1 # text = They lead a prosperous life together 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lead lead VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 prosperous prosperous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 together together ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | present | They | a prosperous life | | | | together *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They are unhappy and split apart ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:e4:o2:1 # text = They are unhappy and split apart 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 split split VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 6 apart apart ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | They | | | | | unhappy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **split** | infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | apart *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} They rule the town quite wisely ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:e4:o3:1 # text = They rule the town quite wisely 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rule rule VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 quite quite ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 wisely wisely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rule** | present | They | the town | | | | wisely *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} They are very poor ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:e4:o4:1 # text = They are very poor 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | They | | | | | poor *property* | tree rules | **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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