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title: Which object did the Princess order Prince Ivan to chop into chunks… — Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and K… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the Princess order Prince Ivan to chop into chunks for the palace cook? Exam question 1 of lesson 463 «Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and Katoma, part 55: the Princess ties Prince Ivan to her carriage and Katoma is left on a stump» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wit
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and Katoma, part 55: the…

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Which object did the Princess order Prince Ivan to chop into chunks for the palace cook?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do, chop · **To what, where:** Princess order

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 463 «Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and Katoma, part 55: the Princess ties Prince Ivan to her carriage and Katoma is left on a stump» 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/463-pg22373-part55/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:e1:1
# text = Which object did the Princess order Prince Ivan to chop into chunks for the palace cook?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	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	6	det	_	_
5	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	chop	chop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	chunks	chunk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which object | the Princess order |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Eventuality |
| 2 | **chop** | to-infinitive | which object *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into chunks for the palace cook | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent into chunk=Patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Iron

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:e1:o1:1
# text = Iron
1	Iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A wooden gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:e1:o2:1
# text = A wooden gate
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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An iron pillar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:e1:o3:1
# text = An iron pillar
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	iron	iron	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pillar	pillar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A post

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:e1:o4:1
# text = A post
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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