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title: Which of the flocks, according to the narrative, ultimately executed… — Russian Folk-Tales, Ivashko: swans and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the flocks, according to the narrative, ultimately executed the rescue of Ivashko? Exam question 3 of lesson 445 «Russian Folk-Tales, Ivashko: swans and geese carry Ivashko home to his parents» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, Ivashko: swans and geese carry Ivashko…

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Which of the flocks, according to the narrative, ultimately executed the rescue of Ivashko?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** narrative · **What happens:** accord, execute, rescue · **To what, where:** rescue, Ivashko

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 445 «Russian Folk-Tales, Ivashko: swans and geese carry Ivashko home to his parents» 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/445-pg22373-part37/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:445-pg22373-part37:e3:1
# text = Which of the flocks, according to the narrative, ultimately executed the rescue of Ivashko?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	flocks	flock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	case	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	executed	execute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	rescue	rescue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Ivashko	Ivashko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **execute** | participle | the narrative *not said here* | the rescue of Ivashko |  |  |  | ultimately *property* | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rescue=Patient |
| 3 | **rescue** |  |  | Ivashko |  |  |  |  | nom rescue «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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The second flock of geese

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:445-pg22373-part37:e3:o1:1
# text = The second flock of geese
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	geese	goose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Swans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:445-pg22373-part37:e3:o2:1
# text = Swans
1	Swans	swan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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The third flock of birds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:445-pg22373-part37:e3:o3:1
# text = The third flock of birds
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The first flock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:445-pg22373-part37:e3:o4:1
# text = The first flock
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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