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description: According to the passage, what was the condition under which the princesses were compelled to remain silent? Exam question 2 of lesson 427 «Russian Folk-Tales, Norka: the brothers are punished and three weddings are held» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, Norka: the brothers are punished and t…

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According to the passage, what was the condition under which the princesses were compelled to remain silent?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** passage · **What happens:** accord, be, compel, remain · **To what, where:** condition, princesses

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 427 «Russian Folk-Tales, Norka: the brothers are punished and three weddings are held» 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/427-pg22373-part19/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:427-pg22373-part19:e2:1
# text = According to the passage, what was the condition under which the princesses were compelled to remain silent?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
10	under	under	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	princesses	princess	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	compelled	compel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the passage and the condition | the condition |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **compel** | past · passive |  | the princesses |  | the condition |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 4 | **remain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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Their brothers' threat to slay them, backed by the King's own command

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:427-pg22373-part19:e2:o1:1
# text = Their brothers' threat to slay them, backed by the King's own command
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	threat	threat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	slay	slay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	backed	back	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	command	command	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slay** | to-infinitive |  | brothers *= brother* |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **back** | participle |  | Their brothers's threat *not said here* |  |  |  | by the King's own command | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by command=Trajectory |
| 3 | **command** |  | the King |  |  |  |  |  | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Their brothers' threat to slay them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:427-pg22373-part19:e2:o2:1
# text = Their brothers' threat to slay them
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	threat	threat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	slay	slay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slay** | to-infinitive |  | brothers *= brother* |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Their father's order to stay quiet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:427-pg22373-part19:e2:o3:1
# text = Their father's order to stay quiet
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **order** |  | Their father |  |  |  |  |  | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Their brothers' threat to slay them if they ever spoke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:427-pg22373-part19:e2:o4:1
# text = Their brothers' threat to slay them if they ever spoke
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	threat	threat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	slay	slay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	11	advmod	_	_
11	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slay** | to-infinitive |  | brothers *= brother* |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | brothers *= brother* |  |  |  | ever |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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