--- title: Which person was carried off by Koshchei the Deathless at the commen… — Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Death… · tree and pragmatics description: Which person was carried off by Koshchei the Deathless at the commencement of the narrative? Exam question 1 of lesson 431 «Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 23: Ivan finds a horse, flings a rock, and reaches his mother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/431-pg22373-part23/e1/) [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/431-pg22373-part23/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 23: Ivan… Which person was carried off by Koshchei the Deathless at the commencement of the narrative? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Koshchei · **What happens:** carry off · **To what, where:** person, commencement This is exam question 1 of lesson 431 «Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 23: Ivan finds a horse, flings a rock, and reaches his mother» 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/431-pg22373-part23/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:431-pg22373-part23:e1:1 # text = Which person was carried off by Koshchei the Deathless at the commencement of the narrative? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Koshchei Koshchei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Deathless Deathless PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 commencement commencement NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry off** | past · passive | Koshchei | which person | | the commencement of the narrative | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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} The king ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:431-pg22373-part23:e1:o1:1 # text = The king 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The mother of Prince Ivan ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:431-pg22373-part23:e1:o2:1 # text = The mother of Prince Ivan 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} His sister ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:431-pg22373-part23:e1:o3:1 # text = His sister 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The brother of Prince Ivan ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:431-pg22373-part23:e1:o4:1 # text = The brother of Prince Ivan 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 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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