--- title: Which creature retrieved the Water of Death, the substance by which… — Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, par… · tree and pragmatics description: Which creature retrieved the Water of Death, the substance by which the scattered remains of Prince Ivan were rejoined? Exam question 2 of lesson 429 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 21: Ivan is slain and revived, then tricks the Baba Yaga's mares and is helped by the creatures he spared» of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/429-pg22373-part21/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, Marya Morevna, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/429-pg22373-part21/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 21: Ivan is slain… Which creature retrieved the Water of Death, the substance by which the scattered remains of Prince Ivan were rejoined? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** creature, substance · **What happens:** retrieve, rejoin · **To what, where:** Water, scattered remains This is exam question 2 of lesson 429 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 21: Ivan is slain and revived, then tricks the Baba Yaga's mares and is helped by the creatures he spared» 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/429-pg22373-part21/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:e2:1 # text = Which creature retrieved the Water of Death, the substance by which the scattered remains of Prince Ivan were rejoined? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 retrieved retrieve 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 Water Water PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Death Death PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 substance substance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 scattered scatter ADJ VBN _ 15 amod _ _ 15 remains remains NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 rejoined rejoin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **retrieve** | past | which creature | the Water of Death | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 2 | **rejoin** | past · passive | the substance | the scattered remains of Prince Ivan | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | 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} the Owl ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:e2:o1:1 # text = the Owl 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Owl Owl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} the Raven ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:e2:o2:1 # text = the Raven 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the Falcon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:e2:o3:1 # text = the Falcon 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Falcon falcon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the Kite ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:e2:o4:1 # text = the Kite 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Kite kite NOUN NN Number=Sing 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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