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description: By what means did the Prince obtain the egg from the depths of the sea? Exam question 2 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 pragmatics of th
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 24: Ivan…

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By what means did the Prince obtain the egg from the depths of the sea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Prince · **What happens:** mean, obtain · **To what, where:** egg, depths

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:432-pg22373-part24:e2:1
# text = By what means did the Prince obtain the egg from the depths of the sea?
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	obtain	obtain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	depths	depth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **obtain** | past · do-support | the Prince | the egg |  | the depths of the sea |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent egg=Theme from depth=Source |

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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 {#o1}

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the pike gave it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:432-pg22373-part24:e2:o1:1
# text = the pike gave it
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pike	pike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the pike | it |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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the crow flew it back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:432-pg22373-part24:e2:o2:1
# text = the crow flew it back
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly back** | past | the crow | it |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a diver fetched it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:432-pg22373-part24:e2:o3:1
# text = a diver fetched it
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	diver	diver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fetched	fetch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fetch** | past | a diver | it |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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the pike returned it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:432-pg22373-part24:e2:o4:1
# text = the pike returned it
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pike	pike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | past | the pike | it |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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