--- title: Which object did the Gypsy request from St. George as surety? — Songs of the Russian People, Saints an… · tree and pragmatics description: Which object did the Gypsy request from St. George as surety? Exam question 4 of lesson 485 «Songs of the Russian People, Saints and Heathen Gods, part 77: St. Andrew, St. George and St. Nicholas each help or punish people in their own way» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/485-pg22373-part77/e4/) [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/) / [Songs of the Russian People, Saints an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/485-pg22373-part77/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Songs of the Russian People, Saints and Heathen Gods, part… Which object did the Gypsy request from St. George as surety? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Gypsy request, George This is exam question 4 of lesson 485 «Songs of the Russian People, Saints and Heathen Gods, part 77: St. Andrew, St. George and St. Nicholas each help or punish people in their own way» 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/485-pg22373-part77/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:485-pg22373-part77:e4:1 # text = Which object did the Gypsy request from St. George as surety? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 object object 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 6 det _ _ 5 Gypsy gypsy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:desc _ _ 9 George George PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 surety surety NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which object | the Gypsy request | | George St. | | as surety | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Eventuality | 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} an iron bridle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:485-pg22373-part77:e4:o1:1 # text = an iron bridle 1 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 iron iron ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 bridle bridle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the sacred silver cross from his neck and chain ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:485-pg22373-part77:e4:o2:1 # text = the sacred silver cross from his neck and chain 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the golden saddle from his noble white war horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:485-pg22373-part77:e4:o3:1 # text = the golden saddle from his noble white war horse 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 6 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 7 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} a golden stirrup ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:485-pg22373-part77:e4:o4:1 # text = a golden stirrup 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 stirrup stirrup NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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