--- title: Was Ivan the one who got the feather, or was it his cousin? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Fire-Bird, par… · tree and pragmatics description: Was Ivan the one who got the feather, or was it his cousin? Test 11 · ★ 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 tree and pragmatics of the question and o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/472-pg22373-part64/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Russian Folk-Tales, The Fire-Bird, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/472-pg22373-part64/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Fire-Bird, part 64: the Princess s… Was Ivan the one who got the feather, or was it his cousin? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** one · **What happens:** be, get · **To what, where:** Ivan, feather This is test 11 · ★ 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. 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:472-pg22373-part64:t11:1 # text = Was Ivan the one who got the feather, or was it his cousin? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ 2 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 feather feather NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | Ivan | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | past | the one | the feather | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent feather=Beneficiary cousin=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | past | | feather | | | | | tree rules | 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 {#o1} Ivan, the youngest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:472-pg22373-part64:t11:o1:1 # text = Ivan, the youngest 1 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} His cousin, the eldest, got it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:472-pg22373-part64:t11:o2:1 # text = His cousin, the eldest, got it 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | His cousin | it | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Ivan, the youngest, got the feather and then his brothers stole it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:472-pg22373-part64:t11:o3:1 # text = Ivan, the youngest, got the feather and then his brothers stole it 1 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 feather feather NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | Ivan | the feather | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer feather=Stimulus | | 2 | **steal** | past | Ivan's brothers | feather | | | then | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Ivan, the youngest, got the feather ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:472-pg22373-part64:t11:o4:1 # text = Ivan, the youngest, got the feather 1 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 feather feather NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | Ivan | the feather | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer feather=Stimulus | **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. 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