--- title: What did the old man threaten to fashion from the skin of the hare? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Straw-Stuffed… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the old man threaten to fashion from the skin of the hare? Exam question 4 of lesson 1114 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Straw-Stuffed Ox: the old couple trap the bear, wolf, fox and hare and grow rich» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1114-pg29672-part20/e4/) [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 Straw-Stuffed…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1114-pg29672-part20/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Straw-Stuffed Ox: the old couple t… What did the old man threaten to fashion from the skin of the hare? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old man · **What happens:** threaten, fashion · **To what, where:** skin This is exam question 4 of lesson 1114 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Straw-Stuffed Ox: the old couple trap the bear, wolf, fox and hare and grow rich» 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/1114-pg29672-part20/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1114-pg29672-part20:e4:1 # text = What did the old man threaten to fashion from the skin of the hare? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 threaten threaten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 fashion fashion VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **threaten** | past · do-support | the old man | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fashion** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the old man *not said here* | | | the skin of the hare | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent from skin=Material | 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} gloves and mittens ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1114-pg29672-part20:e4:o1:1 # text = gloves and mittens 1 gloves glove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 mittens mitten NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a fine pair of gloves and mittens ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1114-pg29672-part20:e4:o2:1 # text = a fine pair of gloves and mittens 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 gloves glove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 mittens mitten NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} boots and socks ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1114-pg29672-part20:e4:o3:1 # text = boots and socks 1 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 socks sock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} gloves, mittens and a warm hood ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1114-pg29672-part20:e4:o4:1 # text = gloves, mittens and a warm hood 1 gloves glove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 mittens mitten NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 hood hood NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` 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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