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title: What was the final occupation assigned to Prince Ivan at the conclus… — Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and K… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the final occupation assigned to Prince Ivan at the conclusion of this passage? Exam question 4 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 4 · Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and Katoma, part 55: the…

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What was the final occupation assigned to Prince Ivan at the conclusion of this passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, assign, conclude · **To what, where:** final occupation, Prince Ivan, conclusion, passage

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:e4:1
# text = What was the final occupation assigned to Prince Ivan at the conclusion of this passage?
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	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	occupation	occupation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	assigned	assign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
15	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the final occupation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **assign** | participle |  | the final occupation *not said here* | Prince Ivan | the conclusion of this passage |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to ivan=Goal |
| 3 | **conclude** |  |  | this passage |  |  |  |  | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=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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Cooking meals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:e4:o1:1
# text = Cooking meals
1	Cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	meals	meal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tending the herd of cows out in the distant fields every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:e4:o2:1
# text = Tending the herd of cows out in the distant fields every day
1	Tending	tend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tend** | gerund |  | the herd of cows |  | the distant fields | day | out *property* | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herd=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Chopping firewood at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:e4:o3:1
# text = Chopping firewood at dawn
1	Chopping	chop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	firewood	firewood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop** | gerund |  | firewood |  |  | dawn |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent firewood=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Tending the herd of cows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:e4:o4:1
# text = Tending the herd of cows
1	Tending	tend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tend** | gerund |  | the herd of cows |  |  |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herd=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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