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title: What was the outcome for the appearance of the stepmother and stepda… — Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Fair… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the outcome for the appearance of the stepmother and stepdaughters? Exam question 4 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
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# Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Fair, part 33: a dying m…

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What was the outcome for the appearance of the stepmother and stepdaughters?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** outcome

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:441-pg22373-part33:e4:1
# text = What was the outcome for the appearance of the stepmother and stepdaughters?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	stepdaughters	stepdaughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the outcome |  |  |  | for the appearance of the stepmother and stepdaughters | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They lost flesh and declined in appearance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:441-pg22373-part33:e4:o1:1
# text = They lost flesh and declined in appearance
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	declined	decline	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | They | flesh |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=Eventuality |
| 2 | **decline** | participle | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in appearance | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in appearance=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They lost flesh and declined in appearance, and their faces grew sour and pale over time

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:441-pg22373-part33:e4:o2:1
# text = They lost flesh and declined in appearance, and their faces grew sour and pale over time
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	declined	decline	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	sour	sour	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	_
16	over	over	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | They | flesh |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=Eventuality |
| 2 | **decline** | participle | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in appearance | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in appearance=Attribute |
| 3 | **grow** | past | their faces |  |  |  | time | sour *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They lost flesh and declined in appearance, becoming gaunt and sallow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:441-pg22373-part33:e4:o3:1
# text = They lost flesh and declined in appearance, becoming gaunt and sallow
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	declined	decline	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	becoming	become	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
10	gaunt	gaunt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	sallow	sallow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | They | flesh |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=Eventuality |
| 2 | **decline** | participle | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in appearance | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in appearance=Attribute |
| 3 | **become** | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | gaunt *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They gained weight and grew worse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:441-pg22373-part33:e4:o4:1
# text = They gained weight and grew worse
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gained	gain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gain** | past | They | weight |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weight=Theme |
| 2 | **grow** | past | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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