--- title: How was the ring the Princess demanded ultimately obtained by the ol… — Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Death… · tree and pragmatics description: How was the ring the Princess demanded ultimately obtained by the old woman? Exam question 4 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/432-pg22373-part24/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/432-pg22373-part24/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 24: Ivan… How was the ring the Princess demanded ultimately obtained by the old woman? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ring, old woman · **What happens:** be, obtain · **To what, where:** Princess This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:432-pg22373-part24:e4:1 # text = How was the ring the Princess demanded ultimately obtained by the old woman? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 demanded demand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 8 ultimately ultimately ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 obtained obtain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the ring | | | | | how *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **obtain** | past · passive | the old woman | the Princess | | | | ultimately *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «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 {#o1} Ivan had it ready all along and gave it to her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:432-pg22373-part24:e4:o1:1 # text = Ivan had it ready all along and gave it to her 1 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 along along ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Ivan | it | | | | along, ready *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **give** | past | Ivan *not said here* | it | Ivan | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to she=Recipient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Ivan had it ready all along ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:432-pg22373-part24:e4:o2:1 # text = Ivan had it ready all along 1 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 along along ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Ivan | it | | | | along, ready *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The brothers stole it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:432-pg22373-part24:e4:o3:1 # text = The brothers stole it 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|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 _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | past | the brothers | it | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} She tricked the King and took it from his treasury ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:432-pg22373-part24:e4:o4:1 # text = She tricked the King and took it from his treasury 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tricked trick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 treasury treasury NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trick** | past | She | the King | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient | | 2 | **take** | past | She *not said here* | it | | King's treasury | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme from treasury=Initial\_Location | **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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