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title: Which water did Vikhor habitually consume prior to his defeat? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which water did Vikhor habitually consume prior to his defeat? Exam question 1 of lesson 462 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and the Cripple, part 1: Prince Ivan defeats the whirlwind Vikhor and sets out to woo Anna the Fair» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and the Cripple, part 1:…

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Which water did Vikhor habitually consume prior to his defeat?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** water, Vikhor · **What happens:** consume, defeat

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 462 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and the Cripple, part 1: Prince Ivan defeats the whirlwind Vikhor and sets out to woo Anna the Fair» 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/462-pg22373-part54/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:e1:1
# text = Which water did Vikhor habitually consume prior to his defeat?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	Vikhor	Vikhor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	habitually	habitually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	consume	consume	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	10	case	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	defeat	defeat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | past · do-support | which water |  |  |  |  | prior Vikhor's defeat; habitually *property* | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **defeat** |  | Vikhor |  |  |  |  |  | nom defeat «event transitive»: poss=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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A cup of bitter ale brewed by the old witches of the northern forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:e1:o1:1
# text = A cup of bitter ale brewed by the old witches of the northern forest
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ale	ale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	brewed	brew	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	witches	witch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brew** | participle |  | bitter ale *not said here* |  |  |  | by the old witches of the northern forest | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Spring of Wisdom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:e1:o2:1
# text = The Spring of Wisdom
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Wisdom	Wisdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The Water of Strength

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:e1:o3:1
# text = The Water of Strength
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Strength	Strength	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Water of Strength drawn from the well at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:e1:o4:1
# text = The Water of Strength drawn from the well at dawn
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Strength	Strength	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | participle · passive |  | the Water of Strength |  | the well | dawn |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from well=Initial\_Location |

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