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title: Which object does the youth pick up in the land of Thrice Ten? — Russian Folk-Tales, Tremsin and the Bi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object does the youth pick up in the land of Thrice Ten? Exam question 1 of lesson 1109 «Russian Folk-Tales, Tremsin and the Bird Zhar, part 15: the impossible sea task» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Tremsin and the Bird Zhar, part 15: th…

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Which object does the youth pick up in the land of Thrice Ten?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, youth · **What happens:** do, pick up · **To what, where:** land

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1109 «Russian Folk-Tales, Tremsin and the Bird Zhar, part 15: the impossible sea task» 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/1109-pg29672-part15/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1109-pg29672-part15:e1:1
# text = Which object does the youth pick up in the land of Thrice Ten?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|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	pick	pick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	Thrice	Thrice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Ten	Ten	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | which object |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pick up** | present | the youth |  |  | the land of Thrice Ten |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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the sword of the nobleman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1109-pg29672-part15:e1:o1:1
# text = the sword of the nobleman
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	nobleman	nobleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the golden feather of the Bird Zhar from her high nest in the hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1109-pg29672-part15:e1:o2:1
# text = the golden feather of the Bird Zhar from her high nest in the hills
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	feather	feather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Bird	Bird	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Zhar	Zhar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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the feather of the Bird Zhar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1109-pg29672-part15:e1:o3:1
# text = the feather of the Bird Zhar
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feather	feather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Bird	Bird	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Zhar	Zhar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the glowing feather of the Bird Zhar lying on the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1109-pg29672-part15:e1:o4:1
# text = the glowing feather of the Bird Zhar lying on the ground
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	feather	feather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Bird	Bird	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Zhar	Zhar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **lie** | gerund | the glowing feather of the Bird Zhar *not said here* |  |  | the ground |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ground=Location |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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