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description: Identify the means by which the Pope obtained the loaves belonging to his travelling companion. Exam question 2 of lesson 486 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest with the Greedy Eyes, part 78: a greedy Pope steals loaves and tries to cure a princess by chopping her up» of the books course of Mova's prim
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest with the Greedy Eyes, part…

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Identify the means by which the Pope obtained the loaves belonging to his travelling companion.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Pope · **What happens:** identify, mean, obtain, belong · **To what, where:** loaves · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 486 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest with the Greedy Eyes, part 78: a greedy Pope steals loaves and tries to cure a princess by chopping her up» 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/486-pg22373-part78/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:e2:1
# text = Identify the means by which the Pope obtained the loaves belonging to his travelling companion.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Pope	Pope	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	obtained	obtain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	loaves	loaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	belonging	belong	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	travelling	travelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	companion	companion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **obtain** | past | the Pope | the loaves |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loaf=Theme |
| 4 | **belong** | gerund | the Pope *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to Pope's travelling companion | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: 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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He gave them to beggars at the gate and then lied about it to the King

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:e2:o1:1
# text = He gave them to beggars at the gate and then lied about it to the King
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	beggars	beggar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	lied	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | He |  | them *= they* | the gate |  | to beggars | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Theme to beggar=Recipient at gate=Asset |
| 2 | **lie** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  | then | about gate; to the King | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about it=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He sold them to a passing merchant at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:e2:o2:1
# text = He sold them to a passing merchant at dawn
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	passing	passing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past | He | them *= they* | a passing merchant |  | dawn |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to merchant=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He consumed them secretly while the companion slept

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:e2:o3:1
# text = He consumed them secretly while the companion slept
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	consumed	consume	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	companion	companion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | past | He | them *= they* |  |  |  | secretly *property* | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset |
| 2 | **sleep** | past | the companion |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He stole them quietly while the old man slumbered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:e2:o4:1
# text = He stole them quietly while the old man slumbered
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	slumbered	slumber	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | He | them *= they* |  |  |  | the old man *obl*; quietly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme |
| 2 | **slumber** | participle |  | the old man *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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