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description: What was the ultimate fate of the Baba Yaga, as determined by the heroes after their deliberation? Exam question 4 of lesson 464 «Russian Folk-Tales, Katoma, part 56: the heroes trap the Baba Yaga and are healed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Katoma, part 56: the heroes trap the B…

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What was the ultimate fate of the Baba Yaga, as determined by the heroes after their deliberation?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** heroes · **What happens:** be, determine, deliberate · **To what, where:** ultimate fate

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 464 «Russian Folk-Tales, Katoma, part 56: the heroes trap the Baba Yaga and are healed» 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/464-pg22373-part56/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:464-pg22373-part56:e4:1
# text = What was the ultimate fate of the Baba Yaga, as determined by the heroes after their deliberation?
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	ultimate	ultimate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fate	fate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Baba	Baba	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Yaga	Yaga	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	determined	determine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	heroes	hero	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
16	after	after	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	deliberation	deliberation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	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 ultimate fate |  |  |  | of the Baba Yaga | tree rules |
| 2 | **determine** | participle |  |  |  |  | after heroes's deliberation | by the heroes | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **deliberate** |  | heroes *= hero* |  |  |  |  |  | nom deliberation «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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She was sent to the king as a prisoner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:464-pg22373-part56:e4:o1:1
# text = She was sent to the king as a prisoner
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · passive | a prisoner | She | the king |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to king=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She was tied up, dragged into the forest, and cast into the fire pit to perish

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:464-pg22373-part56:e4:o2:1
# text = She was tied up, dragged into the forest, and cast into the fire pit to perish
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	dragged	drag	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	cast	cast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	perish	perish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie up** | past · passive |  | She |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **drag** | participle |  |  |  | the forest |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **cast** | participle |  |  |  | the fire pit |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into pit=Product |
| 4 | **perish** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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

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She was cast into the fiery fount and perished

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:464-pg22373-part56:e4:o3:1
# text = She was cast into the fiery fount and perished
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	cast	cast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	fiery	fiery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fount	fount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	perished	perish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cast** | past · passive |  | She |  | the fiery fount |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into fount=Product |
| 2 | **perish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She was buried in the cold forest soil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:464-pg22373-part56:e4:o4:1
# text = She was buried in the cold forest soil
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | past · passive |  | She |  | the cold forest soil |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in soil=Destination |

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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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