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title: On what occasion did Vasilissa feed the doll, according to the narra… — Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Fair… · tree and pragmatics
description: On what occasion did Vasilissa feed the doll, according to the narrative? Exam question 3 of lesson 441 «Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Fair, part 33: a dying mother leaves a doll, and a stepmother makes Vasilissa work» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Fair, part 33: a dying m…

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On what occasion did Vasilissa feed the doll, according to the narrative?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Vasilissa · **What happens:** feed, accord · **To what, where:** doll, occasion

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 441 «Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Fair, part 33: a dying mother leaves a doll, and a stepmother makes Vasilissa work» 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/441-pg22373-part33/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:441-pg22373-part33:e3:1
# text = On what occasion did Vasilissa feed the doll, according to the narrative?
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Vasilissa	Vasilissa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	doll	doll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	case	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | past · do-support | Vasilissa | the doll |  | occasion |  | accord the narrative | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent doll=Theme |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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When all were at rest in the great hall by day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:441-pg22373-part33:e3:o1:1
# text = When all were at rest in the great hall by day
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  | all rest | day | in the great hall | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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When all were at rest in her narrow chamber at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:441-pg22373-part33:e3:o2:1
# text = When all were at rest in her narrow chamber at night
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  | all rest | night | in rest's narrow chamber | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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When all were at rest in her narrow chamber at night, after the house was dark

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:441-pg22373-part33:e3:o3:1
# text = When all were at rest in her narrow chamber at night, after the house was dark
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	17	mark	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  | all rest and the house |  | in her narrow chamber at night | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | all rest and the house |  |  |  |  | dark *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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When all were at rest in her narrow chamber at night, long after the fire had gone out

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:441-pg22373-part33:e3:o4:1
# text = When all were at rest in her narrow chamber at night, long after the fire had gone out
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	18	advmod	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
13	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	18	advmod	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
17	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
19	out	out	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  | all rest |  | in rest's narrow chamber at night | tree rules |
| 2 | **go out** | past · perfect | all rest |  |  |  | after the fire | long *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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