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title: Which action did the bride take after the groom had vanished? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Friends: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action did the bride take after the groom had vanished? Exam question 4 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 pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Friends: a groom drinks with a…

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Which action did the bride take after the groom had vanished?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action, bride, groom · **What happens:** do, take, vanish

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:477-pg22373-part69:e4:1
# text = Which action did the bride take after the groom had vanished?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	groom	groom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which action |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **take** | infinitive | the bride |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **vanish** | past · perfect | the groom |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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She wed a different suitor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:477-pg22373-part69:e4:o1:1
# text = She wed a different suitor
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wed	w	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	suitor	suitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **w** | past | She | a different suitor |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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She waited in vain for many years before finally marrying another man in the village

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:477-pg22373-part69:e4:o2:1
# text = She waited in vain for many years before finally marrying another man in the village
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	vain	vain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	marrying	marry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	advcl	_	_
11	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past | She |  |  | vain | year |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in vain=Location |
| 2 | **marry** | gerund | She *not said here* | another man |  | the village |  | finally *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She remarried a local farmer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:477-pg22373-part69:e4:o3:1
# text = She remarried a local farmer
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remarried	remarry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remarry** | past | She | a local farmer |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farmer=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She married another man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:477-pg22373-part69:e4:o4:1
# text = She married another man
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	married	marry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | past | She | another man |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient |

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