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description: In what manner did the bridegroom's eldest brother react upon observing the procession returning together? Exam question 2 of lesson 433 «Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and the Bride: Ivan gets to the church first and marries the bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and the Bride: Ivan gets t…

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In what manner did the bridegroom's eldest brother react upon observing the procession returning together?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** eldest brother · **What happens:** do, react, observe, return · **To what, where:** manner, procession

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 433 «Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and the Bride: Ivan gets to the church first and marries the bride» 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/433-pg22373-part25/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:433-pg22373-part25:e2:1
# text = In what manner did the bridegroom's eldest brother react upon observing the procession returning together?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bridegroom	bridegroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	react	react	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
11	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	observing	observe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	procession	procession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	returning	return	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	conj	_	_
16	together	together	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  | what manner |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **react** | present | the bridegroom's eldest brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **observe** | gerund | the bridegroom's eldest brother *not said here* | the procession |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent procession=Topic |
| 4 | **return** | gerund | the bridegroom's eldest brother *not said here* |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He withdrew shamefully

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:433-pg22373-part25:e2:o1:1
# text = He withdrew shamefully
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	withdrew	withdraw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	shamefully	shamefully	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withdraw** | past | He |  |  |  |  | shamefully *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He fled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:433-pg22373-part25:e2:o2:1
# text = He fled
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flee** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He wept

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:433-pg22373-part25:e2:o3:1
# text = He wept
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weep** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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He retired ignominiously

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:433-pg22373-part25:e2:o4:1
# text = He retired ignominiously
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	retired	retire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	ignominiously	ignominiously	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retire** | past | He |  |  |  |  | ignominiously *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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