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description: Which of the following accurately identifies the instruction the old woman gave the priest's son regarding the conduct of the reading, namely the prohibition against turning round? Exam question 1 of lesson 469 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier's Midnight Watch, part 1: a priest's son outwits a witch
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier's Midnight Watch, part 1:…

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Which of the following accurately identifies the instruction the old woman gave the priest's son regarding the conduct of the reading, namely the prohibition against turning round?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** instruction, namely prohibition · **What happens:** follow, identify, give, regard, turn round, conduct · **To what, where:** son, reading

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 469 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier's Midnight Watch, part 1: a priest's son outwits a witch princess, then a soldier is warned about a merchant's daughter» 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/469-pg22373-part61/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:469-pg22373-part61:e1:1
# text = Which of the following accurately identifies the instruction the old woman gave the priest's son regarding the conduct of the reading, namely the prohibition against turning round?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	nsubj	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
17	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	namely	namely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	_
27	against	against	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
28	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	26	acl	_	_
29	round	round	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **identify** | present |  |  |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **give** | past | the instruction | the priest's son |  |  |  | regard the conduct of the reading and the namely prohibition | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme |
| 4 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **turn round** | gerund | the namely prohibition *not said here* |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **conduct** |  |  | the reading |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act 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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He was forbidden from turning round while he read.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:469-pg22373-part61:e1:o1:1
# text = He was forbidden from turning round while he read.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	forbidden	forbid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	round	round	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **turn round** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **read** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was warned to keep the psalter closed at night.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:469-pg22373-part61:e1:o2:1
# text = He was warned to keep the psalter closed at night.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	warned	warn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	psalter	psalter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | the psalter |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent psalter=Theme |
| 3 | **close** | participle |  | the psalter *not said here* |  |  | night |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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

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He was told never to look behind him while reading.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:469-pg22373-part61:e1:o3:1
# text = He was told never to look behind him while reading.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **look** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | behind him *= he* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent behind he=Theme |
| 3 | **read** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was told to read aloud.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:469-pg22373-part61:e1:o4:1
# text = He was told to read aloud.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **read** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | aloud *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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