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title: How many heads did the monster possess when Ivan first slew it? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Chudo-Yudo, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: How many heads did the monster possess when Ivan first slew it? Exam question 3 of lesson 425 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Chudo-Yudo, part 17: Ivan slays three monsters, the widows take revenge, and an Aged One sends him on» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Chudo-Yudo, part 17: Ivan slays th…

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How many heads did the monster possess when Ivan first slew it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** many heads, monster, Ivan · **What happens:** do, possess, slay · **To what, where:** monster

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 425 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Chudo-Yudo, part 17: Ivan slays three monsters, the widows take revenge, and an Aged One sends him on» 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/425-pg22373-part17/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:425-pg22373-part17:e3:1
# text = How many heads did the monster possess when Ivan first slew it?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	possess	possess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	advmod	_	_
11	slew	slay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | many heads |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **possess** | present | the monster |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **slay** | past | Ivan | monster |  |  |  | first *property* | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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4

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:425-pg22373-part17:e3:o1:1
# text = 4
1	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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1

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:425-pg22373-part17:e3:o2:1
# text = 1
1	1	1	NUM	LS	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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six

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:425-pg22373-part17:e3:o3:1
# text = six
1	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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nine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:425-pg22373-part17:e3:o4:1
# text = nine
1	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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