--- title: What object did Ivan deposit with the Falcon as a token? — Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Death… · tree and pragmatics description: What object did Ivan deposit with the Falcon as a token? Exam question 4 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 and pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/428-pg22373-part20/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 20: Ivan'… What object did Ivan deposit with the Falcon as a token? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** deposit This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:428-pg22373-part20:e4:1 # text = What object did Ivan deposit with the Falcon as a token? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 deposit deposit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Falcon falcon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 token token NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deposit** | past · do-support | object | | | | | with the Falcon; as a token | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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} A silver spoon left as a keepsake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:428-pg22373-part20:e4:o1:1 # text = A silver spoon left as a keepsake 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 spoon spoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 keepsake keepsake NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | participle | | a silver spoon *not said here* | | | | as a keepsake | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} A golden ring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:428-pg22373-part20:e4:o2:1 # text = A golden ring 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A silver spoon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:428-pg22373-part20:e4:o3:1 # text = A silver spoon 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 spoon spoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A small silver spoon from his own house ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:428-pg22373-part20:e4:o4:1 # text = A small silver spoon from his own house 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 spoon spoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` 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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