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description: Which option most precisely reports the outcome of Prince Ivan's attempt to carry off the cage? Exam question 4 of lesson 472 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Fire-Bird, part 64: the Princess saves the Prince and the Fire-Bird is described» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Fire-Bird, part 64: the Princess s…

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Which option most precisely reports the outcome of Prince Ivan's attempt to carry off the cage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** option, Prince Ivan · **What happens:** report, carry off, attempt · **To what, where:** outcome, cage

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 472 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Fire-Bird, part 64: the Princess saves the Prince and the Fire-Bird is described» 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/472-pg22373-part64/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:472-pg22373-part64:e4:1
# text = Which option most precisely reports the outcome of Prince Ivan's attempt to carry off the cage?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	option	option	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	precisely	precisely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	reports	report	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	attempt	attempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl	_	_
15	off	off	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | present | which option | the outcome of Prince Ivan's attempt |  |  |  | precisely *property* | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Patient |
| 2 | **carry off** | to-infinitive | which option *not said here* | the cage |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cage=Theme |
| 3 | **attempt** |  | Prince Ivan |  |  |  |  |  | nom attempt «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He escapes safely after the guards are fooled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:472-pg22373-part64:e4:o1:1
# text = He escapes safely after the guards are fooled
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	escapes	escape	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	fooled	fool	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escape** | present | He |  |  |  |  | safely *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fool** | present · passive |  | the guards |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He is taken prisoner after an alarm is sounded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:472-pg22373-part64:e4:o2:1
# text = He is taken prisoner after an alarm is sounded
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
5	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	sounded	sound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination |
| 2 | **sound** | present · passive |  | a alarm |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He is taken prisoner after an alarm is sounded by the guards at the gate

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:472-pg22373-part64:e4:o3:1
# text = He is taken prisoner after an alarm is sounded by the guards at the gate
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
5	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	sounded	sound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination |
| 2 | **sound** | present · passive | the guards | a alarm |  | the gate |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He returns home with the bird unharmed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:472-pg22373-part64:e4:o4:1
# text = He returns home with the bird unharmed
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	returns	return	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	unharmed	unharmed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | present | He |  |  |  |  | with the bird; home, unharmed *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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