--- title: Which creature was the first to be spared by Prince Ivan in the cour… — Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Death… · tree and pragmatics description: Which creature was the first to be spared by Prince Ivan in the course of his journey? Exam question 1 of lesson 432 «Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 24: Ivan wins Koshchei's death and brings the ring home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/432-pg22373-part24/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/432-pg22373-part24/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 24: Ivan… Which creature was the first to be spared by Prince Ivan in the course of his journey? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** creature, Prince Ivan, Ivan · **What happens:** be, spare, journey · **To what, where:** course This is exam question 1 of lesson 432 «Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 24: Ivan wins Koshchei's death and brings the ring home» 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/432-pg22373-part24/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:432-pg22373-part24:e1:1 # text = Which creature was the first to be spared by Prince Ivan in the course of his journey? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 spared spare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | which creature | | | | | first *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **spare** | to-infinitive · passive | Prince Ivan | | | the course of Ivan's journey | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **journey** | | Ivan | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} the young wolf ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:432-pg22373-part24:e1:o1:1 # text = the young wolf 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the hare ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:432-pg22373-part24:e1:o2:1 # text = the hare 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the grey hare ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:432-pg22373-part24:e1:o3:1 # text = the grey hare 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the old wolf ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:432-pg22373-part24:e1:o4:1 # text = the old wolf 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 wolf wolf 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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