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title: Which of the following was the instruction given by the rich moujik… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Fiddler: the f… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following was the instruction given by the rich moujik to his offspring regarding the buried monies? Exam question 1 of lesson 476 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Fiddler: the fiends, a bridge and a rich moujik's release» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Fiddler: the fiends, a bridge and…

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Which of the following was the instruction given by the rich moujik to his offspring regarding the buried monies?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** offspring · **What happens:** follow, be, give, regard, bury · **To what, where:** instruction, buried monies

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 476 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Fiddler: the fiends, a bridge and a rich moujik's release» 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/476-pg22373-part68/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:476-pg22373-part68:e1:1
# text = Which of the following was the instruction given by the rich moujik to his offspring regarding the buried monies?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	moujik	moujik	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	offspring	offspring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	acl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	amod	_	_
19	monies	money	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | of the instruction | tree rules |
| 3 | **give** | participle |  | the instruction *not said here* |  |  |  | by the rich moujik to his offspring | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **regard** | gerund | his offspring *not said here* | the buried monies |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
| 5 | **bury** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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That the monies be exhumed, counted carefully, and then distributed among the indigent by the eldest son alone

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:476-pg22373-part68:e1:o1:1
# text = That the monies be exhumed, counted carefully, and then distributed among the indigent by the eldest son alone
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	monies	money	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	exhumed	exhume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	counted	count	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
8	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	distributed	distribute	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	among	among	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	indigent	indigent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	19	amod	_	_
19	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
20	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exhume** | infinitive · passive |  | the monies |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **count** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | carefully *property* | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **distribute** | past |  |  |  |  | then | among the indigent; by the eldest son; alone *property* | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent among indigent=Recipient |

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

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That the monies be exhumed and distributed among the indigent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:476-pg22373-part68:e1:o2:1
# text = That the monies be exhumed and distributed among the indigent
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	monies	money	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	exhumed	exhume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	distributed	distribute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
8	among	among	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	indigent	indigent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exhume** | infinitive · passive |  | That |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **distribute** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | among the indigent | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent among indigent=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That the monies be spent on the church and the monastery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:476-pg22373-part68:e1:o3:1
# text = That the monies be spent on the church and the monastery
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	monies	money	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	spent	spend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	monastery	monastery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | infinitive · passive |  | That |  |  |  | on the church and the monastery *goal* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Asset on church=Goal |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That the monies be exhumed at once and distributed among the indigent and the sick of every village in the province

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:476-pg22373-part68:e1:o4:1
# text = That the monies be exhumed at once and distributed among the indigent and the sick of every village in the province
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	monies	money	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	exhumed	exhume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	distributed	distribute	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	among	among	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	indigent	indigent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exhume** | infinitive · passive |  | That |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **distribute** | past |  |  |  | the province |  | among the indigent | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent among indigent=Recipient |

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