--- title: What word did Ivan utter to command the izba to face the company? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Baba Yaga, the… · tree and pragmatics description: What word did Ivan utter to command the izba to face the company? Exam question 4 of lesson 440 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Baba Yaga, the girl escapes with a towel and a comb» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/440-pg22373-part32/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 Baba Yaga, the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/440-pg22373-part32/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Baba Yaga, the girl escapes with a… What word did Ivan utter to command the izba to face the company? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** word · **What happens:** utter, command, face · **To what, where:** izba, company · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 4 of lesson 440 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Baba Yaga, the girl escapes with a towel and a comb» 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/440-pg22373-part32/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:440-pg22373-part32:e4:1 # text = What word did Ivan utter to command the izba to face the company? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 utter utter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 command command VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 izba izba NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 face face VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **utter** *speech: other* | past · do-support | what word | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **command** | to-infinitive | what word *not said here* | the izba | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent izba=Eventuality | | 3 | **face** | to-infinitive | what word *not said here* | the company | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme company=Destination | 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} Turn your face to me, izbushka, now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:440-pg22373-part32:e4:o1:1 # text = Turn your face to me, izbushka, now 1 Turn turn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 izbushka izbushka X FW Foreign=Yes 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | imperative | you *not said here* | your face | me | | now | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: agent=Agent face=Theme izbushka=Result | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Izba ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:440-pg22373-part32:e4:o2:1 # text = Izba 1 Izba izba NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Izbushka ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:440-pg22373-part32:e4:o3:1 # text = Izbushka 1 Izbushka Izbushka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Dvorets ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:440-pg22373-part32:e4:o4:1 # text = Dvorets 1 Dvorets dvoret NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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