--- title: For what period was the little demon required to serve the moujik, a… — Russian Folk-Tales, Uncle Sidor's Brea… · tree and pragmatics description: For what period was the little demon required to serve the moujik, according to the devil's instruction? Exam question 3 of lesson 491 «Russian Folk-Tales, Uncle Sidor's Bread, part 83: a peasant saves his crust, a little demon steals it and then serves him» of the books course of Mova's primary sch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/491-pg22373-part83/e3/) [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/) / [Russian Folk-Tales, Uncle Sidor's Brea…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/491-pg22373-part83/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, Uncle Sidor's Bread, part 83: a peasan… For what period was the little demon required to serve the moujik, according to the devil's instruction? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** devil · **What happens:** be, require, serve, accord, instruct · **To what, where:** little demon, moujik This is exam question 3 of lesson 491 «Russian Folk-Tales, Uncle Sidor's Bread, part 83: a peasant saves his crust, a little demon steals it and then serves him» 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/491-pg22373-part83/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:491-pg22373-part83:e3:1 # text = For what period was the little demon required to serve the moujik, according to the devil's instruction? 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 demon demon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 required require VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 moujik moujik NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 case _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 14 fixed _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 devil Devil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 instruction instruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the little demon and the devil's instruction | | | | for period | tree rules | | 2 | **require** | participle | | the little demon and the devil's instruction *not said here* | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 3 | **serve** | to-infinitive | | the moujik | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moujik=Attribute | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **instruct** | | the devil | | | | | | nom instruction «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} One year ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:491-pg22373-part83:e3:o1:1 # text = One year 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Seven years ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:491-pg22373-part83:e3:o2:1 # text = Seven years 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Three years ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:491-pg22373-part83:e3:o3:1 # text = Three years 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Ten years ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:491-pg22373-part83:e3:o4:1 # text = Ten years 1 Ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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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