--- title: What condition did the Prince's parents impose upon their son before… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and… · tree and pragmatics description: What condition did the Prince's parents impose upon their son before their death? Exam question 3 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 t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/462-pg22373-part54/e3/) [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, The Blind Man and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/462-pg22373-part54/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and the Cripple, part 1:… What condition did the Prince's parents impose upon their son before their death? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** condition, parents · **What happens:** do, impose, die This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:e3:1 # text = What condition did the Prince's parents impose upon their son before their death? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 impose impose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 before before ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | what condition | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **impose** | present | the Prince's parents | | | | before parents's death | upon parents's son | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **die** | | parents *= parent* | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} Obedience to his tutor Katoma and a promise to rule the kingdom with mercy and justice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:e3:o1:1 # text = Obedience to his tutor Katoma and a promise to rule the kingdom with mercy and justice 1 Obedience obedience NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 tutor tutor NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 Katoma Katoma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 rule rule VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 justice justice NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rule** | to-infinitive | | the kingdom | | | | with mercy and justice | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Obedience to his tutor Katoma until he came of age ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:e3:o2:1 # text = Obedience to his tutor Katoma until he came of age 1 Obedience obedience NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 tutor tutor NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 Katoma Katoma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 6 until until SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Obedience to Obedience's tutor | | | | of age | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of age=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Obedience to his tutor Katoma ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:e3:o3:1 # text = Obedience to his tutor Katoma 1 Obedience obedience NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 tutor tutor NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 Katoma Katoma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Loyalty to his guard Katoma ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:e3:o4:1 # text = Loyalty to his guard Katoma 1 Loyalty loyalty NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 Katoma Katoma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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