--- title: What was the stated consequence of Anna's riddle for an unsuccessful… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the stated consequence of Anna's riddle for an unsuccessful suitor? Exam question 4 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 de --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/462-pg22373-part54/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, The Blind Man and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/462-pg22373-part54/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and the Cripple, part 1:… What was the stated consequence of Anna's riddle for an unsuccessful suitor? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Anna · **What happens:** state, be, riddle · **To what, where:** stated consequence This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:e4:1 # text = What was the stated consequence of Anna's riddle for an unsuccessful suitor? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 stated state VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 Anna Anna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 unsuccessful unsuccessful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 suitor suitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **state** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the stated consequence | | | | of Anna's riddle for a unsuccessful suitor | tree rules | | 3 | **riddle** | | Anna | | | | | for a unsuccessful suitor | nom riddle «communication intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Decapitation ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:e4:o1:1 # text = Decapitation 1 Decapitation decapitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Decapitation carried out publicly in the square at dawn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:e4:o2:1 # text = Decapitation carried out publicly in the square at dawn 1 Decapitation decapitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 publicly publicly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 square square NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry out** | past | Decapitation | | | the square | dawn | publicly *property* | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Banishment ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:e4:o3:1 # text = Banishment 1 Banishment banishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Enslavement ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:e4:o4:1 # text = Enslavement 1 Enslavement enslavement NOUN NN 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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