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# Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Emilian the Fool, part 59: the fool's…

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Describe the manner in which the townspeople arrived at their decision to petition the King against the fool.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, townspeople, their · **What happens:** describe, arrive, petition, decide · **To what, where:** manner, decision, King

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 467 «Russian Folk-Tales, Emilian the Fool, part 59: the fool's pike-magic pails, sledge and cudgel make the town angry, so they plan a trick» 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/467-pg22373-part59/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:467-pg22373-part59:e4:1
# text = Describe the manner in which the townspeople arrived at their decision to petition the King against the fool.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	townspeople	townspeople	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	petition	petition	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	against	against	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the manner |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme |
| 2 | **arrive** | past | the townspeople |  |  | their decision |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **petition** | to-infinitive | the townspeople *not said here* | the King |  |  |  | against the fool | tree rules |
| 4 | **decide** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom decision «act 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They gathered together after the cudgel had struck them, and resolved to deceive him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:467-pg22373-part59:e4:o1:1
# text = They gathered together after the cudgel had struck them, and resolved to deceive him
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cudgel	cudgel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	deceive	deceive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | past | They |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **strike** | past · perfect · passive |  | the cudgel |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient they=Result |
| 3 | **resolve** | past | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **deceive** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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They met and planned to trick him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:467-pg22373-part59:e4:o2:1
# text = They met and planned to trick him
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	planned	plan	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	trick	trick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **plan** | past | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **trick** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They met in the square, which was full of wreckage, and agreed to ask the King for help

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:467-pg22373-part59:e4:o3:1
# text = They met in the square, which was full of wreckage, and agreed to ask the King for help
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	wreckage	wreckage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | past | They |  |  | the square |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the square |  |  |  |  | of wreckage; full *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* |  | the King |  |  | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They met in the square and agreed to fool him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:467-pg22373-part59:e4:o4:1
# text = They met in the square and agreed to fool him
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	fool	fool	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | past | They |  |  | the square |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **fool** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

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