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description: In what manner did the King's household resolve the matter of the Prince's surrender? Exam question 3 of lesson 436 «Russian Fairy Tales, The King and the Eagle, part 28: the King opens the coffers and his son must be given up» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 3 · Russian Fairy Tales, The King and the Eagle, part 28: the…

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In what manner did the King's household resolve the matter of the Prince's surrender?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** household, surrender, Prince · **What happens:** resolve, matter, surrender · **To what, where:** matter, manner

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 436 «Russian Fairy Tales, The King and the Eagle, part 28: the King opens the coffers and his son must be given up» 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/436-pg22373-part28/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:436-pg22373-part28:e3:1
# text = In what manner did the King's household resolve the matter of the Prince's surrender?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	resolve	resolve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	surrender	surrender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | past · do-support | the King's household | the matter of the Prince's surrender |  | what manner |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **matter** |  | the Prince's surrender |  |  |  |  |  | nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |
| 3 | **surrender** |  | the Prince |  |  |  |  |  | nom surrender «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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By holding a great feast and then leaving him alone at the mouth of the river with a sword

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:436-pg22373-part28:e3:o1:1
# text = By holding a great feast and then leaving him alone at the mouth of the river with a sword
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | gerund |  | a great feast |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  | the mouth of the river | then | with a sword; alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme at mouth=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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By giving him to the Water King

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:436-pg22373-part28:e3:o2:1
# text = By giving him to the Water King
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund |  |  | him *= he* |  |  | to the Water King | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Theme to king=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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By leaving him at the mouth of the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:436-pg22373-part28:e3:o3:1
# text = By leaving him at the mouth of the river
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  | the mouth of the river |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme at mouth=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By leaving him at the mouth of the river in a basket at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:436-pg22373-part28:e3:o4:1
# text = By leaving him at the mouth of the river in a basket at dawn
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  | the mouth of the river |  | in a basket at dawn | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme at mouth=Location |

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