--- title: What quantity of water did Koshchei consume before he regained his s… — Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Death… · tree and pragmatics description: What quantity of water did Koshchei consume before he regained his strength? Exam question 2 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 de --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/428-pg22373-part20/e2/) [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, Koshchei the Death…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/428-pg22373-part20/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 20: Ivan'… What quantity of water did Koshchei consume before he regained his strength? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** quantity, Koshchei · **What happens:** consume, regain · **To what, where:** strength This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:428-pg22373-part20:e2:1 # text = What quantity of water did Koshchei consume before he regained his strength? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 quantity quantity NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 Koshchei Koshchei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 consume consume VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 before before SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 regained regain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consume** | past · do-support | what quantity of water | | | | | | vn consume-66 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Goal | | 2 | **regain** | past | Koshchei | Koshchei's strength | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Theme | 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} Two bucketfuls ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:428-pg22373-part20:e2:o1:1 # text = Two bucketfuls 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 bucketfuls bucketful NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Three bucketfuls ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:428-pg22373-part20:e2:o2:1 # text = Three bucketfuls 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 bucketfuls bucketful NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Three large bucketfuls of cold water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:428-pg22373-part20:e2:o3:1 # text = Three large bucketfuls of cold water 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 bucketfuls bucketful NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Four bucketfuls ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:428-pg22373-part20:e2:o4:1 # text = Four bucketfuls 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 bucketfuls bucketful NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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