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title: Which object did the youth carry on board his uncles' ship in additi… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Vampire and St… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the youth carry on board his uncles' ship in addition to his laths and boards? Exam question 3 of lesson 1107 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Vampire and St Michael, part 13: the boy buys the holy image and is sent to the church» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen
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# Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Vampire and St Michael, part 13: t…

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Which object did the youth carry on board his uncles' ship in addition to his laths and boards?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, youth · **What happens:** do, carry · **To what, where:** ship

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1107 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Vampire and St Michael, part 13: the boy buys the holy image and is sent to the church» 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/1107-pg29672-part13/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1107-pg29672-part13:e3:1
# text = Which object did the youth carry on board his uncles' ship in addition to his laths and boards?
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	5	det	_	_
5	youth	youth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	board	board	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	uncles	uncle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	addition	addition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	laths	lath	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	boards	board	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which object |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** | present | the youth |  |  | object's uncles's ship in addition to object's laths and boards |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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The painted icon of Michael

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1107-pg29672-part13:e3:o1:1
# text = The painted icon of Michael
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	icon	icon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Michael	Michael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The holy image of St Michael and a bundle of fishing nets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1107-pg29672-part13:e3:o2:1
# text = The holy image of St Michael and a bundle of fishing nets
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	image	image	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	St	St	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:desc	_	_
6	Michael	Michael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bundle	bundle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	fishing	fishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	nets	net	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **image** |  |  | Michael  St |  |  |  |  | nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The holy image of St Michael

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1107-pg29672-part13:e3:o3:1
# text = The holy image of St Michael
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	image	image	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	St	St	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:desc	_	_
6	Michael	Michael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **image** |  |  | Michael  St |  |  |  |  | nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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A wooden cross from church

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1107-pg29672-part13:e3:o4:1
# text = A wooden cross from church
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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