--- title: Which description best characterises the wife in the Grodno skazka? — Russian Folk-Tales, Mother Friday, par… · tree and pragmatics description: Which description best characterises the wife in the Grodno skazka? Exam question 4 of lesson 453 «Russian Folk-Tales, Mother Friday, part 45: Ivan tricks the Zluidni into the river, and Friday punishes a spinner» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/453-pg22373-part45/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, Mother Friday, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/453-pg22373-part45/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Mother Friday, part 45: Ivan tricks th… Which description best characterises the wife in the Grodno skazka? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** description · **What happens:** characteris · **To what, where:** wife, Grodno This is exam question 4 of lesson 453 «Russian Folk-Tales, Mother Friday, part 45: Ivan tricks the Zluidni into the river, and Friday punishes a spinner» 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/453-pg22373-part45/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:453-pg22373-part45:e4:1 # text = Which description best characterises the wife in the Grodno skazka? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 description description NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 2 advmod _ _ 4 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Grodno Grodno PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 skazka skazka X FW Foreign=Yes 9 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **characteris** | present | which description | the wife | | the Grodno | | | tree rules | 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} She hides the coins from her husband ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:453-pg22373-part45:e4:o1:1 # text = She hides the coins from her husband 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hides hide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | present | She | the coins | | | | from her husband | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent coin=Patient from husband=Beneficiary | ### Option 2 {#o2} She gives the money away to strangers without knowing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:453-pg22373-part45:e4:o2:1 # text = She gives the money away to strangers without knowing 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 8 without without SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give away** | present | She | the money | strangers | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme to stranger=Recipient | | 2 | **know** | gerund | She *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} She gives the money away unwittingly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:453-pg22373-part45:e4:o3:1 # text = She gives the money away unwittingly 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 6 unwittingly unwittingly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give away** | present | She | the money | | | | unwittingly *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent money=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} She refuses all gifts and gives the money to the church ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:453-pg22373-part45:e4:o4:1 # text = She refuses all gifts and gives the money to the church 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 refuses refuse VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | present | She | all gifts | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme | | 2 | **give** | present | She *not said here* | the money | the church | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme to church=Recipient | **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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