--- title: What was the outcome when the protagonist commanded the ram within h… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Wind and the S… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the outcome when the protagonist commanded the ram within his dwelling? Exam question 3 of lesson 1099 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Wind and the Sack: a ram that scatters money» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1099-pg29672-part5/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, The Wind and the S…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1099-pg29672-part5/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Wind and the Sack: a ram that scat… What was the outcome when the protagonist commanded the ram within his dwelling? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** protagonist · **What happens:** be, command · **To what, where:** outcome, ram · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 3 of lesson 1099 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Wind and the Sack: a ram that scatters money» 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/1099-pg29672-part5/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1099-pg29672-part5:e3:1 # text = What was the outcome when the protagonist commanded the ram within his dwelling? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 outcome outcome NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 protagonist protagonist NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 ram ram NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 within within ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the outcome | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **command** | past | the protagonist | the ram | | | | within protagonist's dwelling | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent ram=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The ram remained motionless and produced no currency ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1099-pg29672-part5:e3:o1:1 # text = The ram remained motionless and produced no currency 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ram ram NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 motionless motionless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 produced produce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 currency currency NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | past | the ram | | | | | motionless *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **produce** | past | the ram *not said here* | no currency | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent currency=Result | ### Option 2 {#o2} The ram stayed still and made no coins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1099-pg29672-part5:e3:o2:1 # text = The ram stayed still and made no coins 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ram ram NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | the ram | | | | still | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past | the ram *not said here* | no coins | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset coin=Product | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} It did nothing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1099-pg29672-part5:e3:o3:1 # text = It did nothing 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | It | nothing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} The ram scattered dust and sat down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1099-pg29672-part5:e3:o4:1 # text = The ram scattered dust and sat down 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ram ram NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 scattered scatter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 6 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 down down ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scatter** | participle | the ram *not said here* | dust | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dust=Theme | | 2 | **sit down** | past | the ram | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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