--- title: Which of the following best explains the depth to which the King sin… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Water King and… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following best explains the depth to which the King sinks in the third sea? Exam question 4 of lesson 435 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise, part 27: a wife's curse on her children, then a King and an Eagle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/435-pg22373-part27/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, The Water King and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/435-pg22373-part27/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise,… Which of the following best explains the depth to which the King sinks in the third sea? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** King · **What happens:** follow, explain, sink · **To what, where:** depth, third sea · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 4 of lesson 435 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise, part 27: a wife's curse on her children, then a King and an Eagle» 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/435-pg22373-part27/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:435-pg22373-part27:e4:1 # text = Which of the following best explains the depth to which the King sinks in the third sea? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 2 of of SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 csubj _ _ 5 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 6 explains explain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 depth depth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 sinks sink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 17 amod _ _ 17 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | well *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present | | the depth | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent depth=Topic | | 3 | **sink** | present | the King | | | the third sea | | to the depth | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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} the King sinks up to his neck and then is pulled under ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:435-pg22373-part27:e4:o1:1 # text = the King sinks up to his neck and then is pulled under 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sinks sink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 pulled pull VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 12 under under ADP IN _ 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink up** | present | the King | | | | | to King's neck | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **pull** | present · passive | the King *not said here* | | | | then | | vn slide-11.2 «NP V» | ### Option 2 {#o2} up to his neck ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:435-pg22373-part27:e4:o2:1 # text = up to his neck 1 up up ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the King sinks up to his neck ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:435-pg22373-part27:e4:o3:1 # text = the King sinks up to his neck 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sinks sink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink up** | present | the King | | | | | to King's neck | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} the King sinks to his hips ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:435-pg22373-part27:e4:o4:1 # text = the King sinks to his hips 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sinks sink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 hips hip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink** | present | the King | | | | | to King's hips | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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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