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description: What stipulation did the Iron Wolf impose upon the servant in exchange for the cattle? Exam question 2 of lesson 1116 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Iron Wolf, part 22: a slipper fits, a servant makes a deal and runs from a wolf» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Iron Wolf, part 22: a slipper fit…

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What stipulation did the Iron Wolf impose upon the servant in exchange for the cattle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stipulation, Iron Wolf · **What happens:** do, impose · **To what, where:** exchange

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1116 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Iron Wolf, part 22: a slipper fits, a servant makes a deal and runs from a wolf» 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/1116-pg29672-part22/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1116-pg29672-part22:e2:1
# text = What stipulation did the Iron Wolf impose upon the servant in exchange for the cattle?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	stipulation	stipulation	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	6	det	_	_
5	Iron	Iron	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	impose	impose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | stipulation |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **impose** | present | the Iron Wolf |  |  | exchange for the cattle |  | upon the servant | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: 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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that he devour him upon sitting on the bridal bench at the wedding feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1116-pg29672-part22:e2:o1:1
# text = that he devour him upon sitting on the bridal bench at the wedding feast
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	devour	devour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	advcl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	bridal	bridal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bench	bench	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **devour** | infinitive | he | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 2 | **sit** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  | the bridal bench |  | at the wedding feast | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bench=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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that he devour him upon sitting on the bridal bench and keep the cattle forever

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1116-pg29672-part22:e2:o2:1
# text = that he devour him upon sitting on the bridal bench and keep the cattle forever
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	devour	devour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	advcl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	bridal	bridal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bench	bench	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **devour** | infinitive | he | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 2 | **sit** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  | the bridal bench |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bench=Location |
| 3 | **keep** | infinitive | he *not said here* | the cattle |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cattle=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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that he take the servant's life at the table

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1116-pg29672-part22:e2:o3:1
# text = that he take the servant's life at the table
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | infinitive | he | the servant's life |  | the table |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Theme at table=Asset |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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that he devour him upon sitting on the bridal bench

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1116-pg29672-part22:e2:o4:1
# text = that he devour him upon sitting on the bridal bench
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	devour	devour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	advcl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	bridal	bridal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bench	bench	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **devour** | infinitive | he | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 2 | **sit** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  | the bridal bench |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bench=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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