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# Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Pope and the Old Man: the Pope fai…

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By what means is the Princess restored to life, and by whose agency does this occur?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Princess, agency, you · **What happens:** mean, be, restore, do, occur · **To what, where:** Princess, life, this · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 487 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Pope and the Old Man: the Pope fails to revive the Princess, is nearly hanged, and is saved by the old man» 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/487-pg22373-part79/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:487-pg22373-part79:e3:1
# text = By what means is the Princess restored to life, and by whose agency does this occur?
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	advcl	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	restored	restore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
12	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	agency	agency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	advcl	_	_
16	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	obj	_	_
17	occur	occur	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the Princess |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **restore** | past | the Princess |  | life |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to life=Recipient |
| 4 | **do** | present | agency | this |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality |
| 5 | **occur** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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By the old man, who reassembles her body and breathes upon it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:487-pg22373-part79:e3:o1:1
# text = By the old man, who reassembles her body and breathes upon it
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	reassembles	reassemble	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	breathes	breathe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reassemble** | present | the old man | her body |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Product |
| 2 | **breathe** | present | the old man *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon body | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Through a prayer by the Pope's own hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:487-pg22373-part79:e3:o2:1
# text = Through a prayer by the Pope's own hands
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Pope	Pope	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pray** |  | the Pope's own hands |  |  |  |  |  | nom prayer «act intransitive»: by=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By the Pope with holy water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:487-pg22373-part79:e3:o3:1
# text = By the Pope with holy water
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Pope	Pope	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By the doctor, who sews the pieces and breathes slowly on them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:487-pg22373-part79:e3:o4:1
# text = By the doctor, who sews the pieces and breathes slowly on them
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sews	sew	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	breathes	breathe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sew** | present |  | the pieces |  |  |  | by the doctor | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent piece=Theme by doctor=Destination |
| 2 | **breathe** | present |  |  |  |  |  | on pieces *= piece*; slowly *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Agent on they=Destination |

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