--- title: What punishment did the King inflict upon his sons, as recorded in t… — Russian Folk-Tales, Norka: the brother… · tree and pragmatics description: What punishment did the King inflict upon his sons, as recorded in the passage? Exam question 3 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 pragmatics of the question and o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/427-pg22373-part19/e3/) [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, Norka: the brother…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/427-pg22373-part19/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, Norka: the brothers are punished and t… What punishment did the King inflict upon his sons, as recorded in the passage? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** punishment, King · **What happens:** do, inflict, record · **To what, where:** sons, passage This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:427-pg22373-part19:e3:1 # text = What punishment did the King inflict upon his sons, as recorded in the passage? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 inflict inflict VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 recorded record VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | punishment | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **inflict** | present | the King | | | | | upon King's sons | tree rules | | 3 | **record** | participle | | King's sons *not said here* | | the passage | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in passage=Destination | 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} Punishment as he thought best ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:427-pg22373-part19:e3:o1:1 # text = Punishment as he thought best 1 Punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl _ _ 5 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Punishment | Punishment *not said here* | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot punishment=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Punishment as he thought best, after a long trial ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:427-pg22373-part19:e3:o2:1 # text = Punishment as he thought best, after a long trial 1 Punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Punishment | | | | after a long trial | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Punishment as he thought best, and banishment from the court forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:427-pg22373-part19:e3:o3:1 # text = Punishment as he thought best, and banishment from the court forever 1 Punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 banishment banishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 xcomp _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 forever forever ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Punishment | banishment from the court | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Forgiveness as he chose to give ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:427-pg22373-part19:e3:o4:1 # text = Forgiveness as he chose to give 1 Forgiveness forgiveness NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | past | Forgiveness | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | to-infinitive | Forgiveness *not said here* | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=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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