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title: Which phrase best describes the condition of the graveyard upon the… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Friends: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which phrase best describes the condition of the graveyard upon the bridegroom's return? Exam question 2 of lesson 477 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Friends: a groom drinks with a dead man and wakes three hundred years late» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Friends: a groom drinks with a…

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Which phrase best describes the condition of the graveyard upon the bridegroom's return?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** phrase, bridegroom · **What happens:** describe, condition, return · **To what, where:** condition, graveyard

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 477 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Friends: a groom drinks with a dead man and wakes three hundred years late» 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/477-pg22373-part69/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:477-pg22373-part69:e2:1
# text = Which phrase best describes the condition of the graveyard upon the bridegroom's return?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	graveyard	graveyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bridegroom	bridegroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | which phrase | the condition of the graveyard upon the bridegroom's return |  |  |  | well *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme |
| 2 | **condition** |  |  | the graveyard upon the bridegroom's return |  |  |  |  | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **return** |  | the bridegroom |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A tract of waste ground overgrown with nettles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:477-pg22373-part69:e2:o1:1
# text = A tract of waste ground overgrown with nettles
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tract	tract	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	waste	waste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	overgrown	overgrow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	nettles	nettle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overgrow** | participle |  | a tract of waste ground *not said here* |  |  |  | with nettles | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A plain of tall grass and a broken fence line

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:477-pg22373-part69:e2:o2:1
# text = A plain of tall grass and a broken fence line
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
9	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A flat plot of abandoned land where a whole village once stood and then disappeared entirely

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:477-pg22373-part69:e2:o3:1
# text = A flat plot of abandoned land where a whole village once stood and then disappeared entirely
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	plot	plot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	abandoned	abandon	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	12	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	12	advmod	_	_
12	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
15	disappeared	disappear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
16	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abandon** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stand** | past | a flat plot of abandoned land |  |  |  |  | once *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **disappear** | past | a flat plot of abandoned land *not said here* |  |  |  | then | entirely *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **plot** |  |  | abandoned land |  |  |  |  | nom plot «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wide and neglected tract of waste ground, choked with nettles, tall grass and thorny bushes, where the church had once stood proudly

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:477-pg22373-part69:e2:o4:1
# text = A wide and neglected tract of waste ground, choked with nettles, tall grass and thorny bushes, where the church had once stood proudly
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	neglected	neglected	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	tract	tract	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	waste	waste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	choked	choke	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	nettles	nettle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	thorny	thorny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	bushes	bush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
20	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	25	advmod	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj:pass	_	_
23	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
24	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	25	advmod	_	_
25	stood	stand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
26	proudly	proudly	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choke** | participle |  | a wide tract of waste ground *not said here* |  |  |  | with nettles | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with nettle=Theme |
| 2 | **stand** | past · perfect · passive |  | the church |  |  |  | once, proudly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |

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