--- title: What happened to Katoma's feet following the Princess's instruction… — Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and K… · tree and pragmatics description: What happened to Katoma's feet following the Princess's instruction to Prince Ivan? Exam question 3 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, with the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/463-pg22373-part55/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 Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and K…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/463-pg22373-part55/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and Katoma, part 55: the… What happened to Katoma's feet following the Princess's instruction to Prince Ivan? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Princess · **What happens:** happen, follow, instruct This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:e3:1 # text = What happened to Katoma's feet following the Princess's instruction to Prince Ivan? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 Katoma Katoma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 instruction instruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | | | | to Katoma's feet; follow the Princess's instruction to Prince Ivan | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **instruct** | | the Princess | | | | | to Prince Ivan | nom instruction «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=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 {#o1} They were cut off at the ankle by the palace guards ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:e3:o1:1 # text = They were cut off at the ankle by the palace guards 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ankle ankle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut off** | past · passive | the palace guards | They | | the ankle | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector subject=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} They were cut off and thrown into the nearby river by her order ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:e3:o2:1 # text = They were cut off and thrown into the nearby river by her order 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 nearby nearby ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut off** | past · passive | | They | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **throw** | participle | | | | | | into the nearby river *result*; by her order | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer into river=Result | | 3 | **order** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} They were kept whole ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:e3:o3:1 # text = They were kept whole 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past · passive | | They | | | | whole *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They were cut off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:e3:o4:1 # text = They were cut off 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut off** | past · passive | | They | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | **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; 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