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title: Which of the three sisters was bound in marriage to the Falcon? — Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Death… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the three sisters was bound in marriage to the Falcon? Exam question 1 of lesson 428 «Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 20: Ivan's sisters wed three birds, then he frees Koshchei and searches for his wife» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 20: Ivan'…

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Which of the three sisters was bound in marriage to the Falcon?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** bind · **To what, where:** marriage

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 428 «Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 20: Ivan's sisters wed three birds, then he frees Koshchei and searches for his wife» 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/428-pg22373-part20/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:428-pg22373-part20:e1:1
# text = Which of the three sisters was bound in marriage to the Falcon?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Falcon	falcon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | past · passive |  |  |  | marriage |  | of the three sisters; to the Falcon | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: which=Patient to falcon=Co-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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Princess Olga

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:428-pg22373-part20:e1:o1:1
# text = Princess Olga
1	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Olga	Olga	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Princess Anna

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:428-pg22373-part20:e1:o2:1
# text = Princess Anna
1	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Anna	Anna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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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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Princess Marya

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:428-pg22373-part20:e1:o3:1
# text = Princess Marya
1	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Marya	Marya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Anna

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:428-pg22373-part20:e1:o4:1
# text = Anna
1	Anna	Anna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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