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description: In what manner did the Zhar-Ptitsa restore the murdered prince to life? Exam question 3 of lesson 461 «Folk-Tales, The Waters of Life and Death, part 53: magic water brings the dead back, and Snakes and cliffs guard the flasks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 3 · Folk-Tales, The Waters of Life and Death, part 53: magic w…

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In what manner did the Zhar-Ptitsa restore the murdered prince to life?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Zhar Ptitsa · **What happens:** do, restore, murder · **To what, where:** manner, murdered prince, life

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 461 «Folk-Tales, The Waters of Life and Death, part 53: magic water brings the dead back, and Snakes and cliffs guard the flasks» 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/461-pg22373-part53/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:461-pg22373-part53:e3:1
# text = In what manner did the Zhar-Ptitsa restore the murdered prince to life?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	Zhar	Zhar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Ptitsa	Ptitsa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	restore	restore	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	murdered	murder	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  | what manner |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **restore** | present | the Zhar Ptitsa | the murdered prince | life |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Theme to life=Recipient |
| 3 | **murder** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: 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 {#o1}

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by flying down, gathering his scattered fragments and sprinkling them with water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:461-pg22373-part53:e3:o1:1
# text = by flying down, gathering his scattered fragments and sprinkling them with water
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	gathering	gather	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	scattered	scatter	ADJ	VBN	_	8	amod	_	_
8	fragments	fragment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	sprinkling	sprinkle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly down** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **gather** | gerund |  | his scattered fragments |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fragment=Theme |
| 3 | **sprinkle** | gerund |  | fragments *= fragment* |  |  |  | with water | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with water=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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by sewing his limbs and blowing on them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:461-pg22373-part53:e3:o2:1
# text = by sewing his limbs and blowing on them
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sewing	sew	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	limbs	limb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	blowing	blow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sew** | gerund |  | his limbs |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent limb=Product |
| 2 | **blow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | on limbs *= limb* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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by gathering his pieces and sprinkling them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:461-pg22373-part53:e3:o3:1
# text = by gathering his pieces and sprinkling them
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	gathering	gather	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sprinkling	sprinkle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | gerund |  | his pieces |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme |
| 2 | **sprinkle** | gerund |  | pieces *= piece* |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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by collecting his fragments and sprinkling them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:461-pg22373-part53:e3:o4:1
# text = by collecting his fragments and sprinkling them
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	collecting	collect	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	fragments	fragment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sprinkling	sprinkle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **collect** | gerund |  | his fragments |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fragment=Theme |
| 2 | **sprinkle** | gerund |  | fragments *= fragment* |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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