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title: How many dogs protected the servant, and by what names were they kno… — Russian Fairy Tales, The Iron Wolf, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: How many dogs protected the servant, and by what names were they known? Exam question 4 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 pragmatics of t
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# Exam question 4 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Iron Wolf, part 22: a slipper fit…

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How many dogs protected the servant, and by what names were they known?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** many dogs · **What happens:** protect, know · **To what, where:** servant, names

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1116-pg29672-part22:e4:1
# text = How many dogs protected the servant, and by what names were they known?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	protected	protect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	parataxis	_	_
11	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | past | many dogs | the servant |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **know** | past · passive |  | names |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |

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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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three, named Sokol and Bruno

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1116-pg29672-part22:e4:o1:1
# text = three, named Sokol and Bruno
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
4	Sokol	Sokol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	Bruno	Bruno	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
two, named Chutko and Vazhko, and a third dog nearby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1116-pg29672-part22:e4:o2:1
# text = two, named Chutko and Vazhko, and a third dog nearby
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	Chutko	Chutko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	Vazhko	Vazhko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	amod	_	_
11	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	_
12	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | participle · passive | a third dog | two |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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two big dogs, named Chutko and Vazhko, guarding the whole village

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1116-pg29672-part22:e4:o3:1
# text = two big dogs, named Chutko and Vazhko, guarding the whole village
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	Chutko	Chutko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	Vazhko	Vazhko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	guarding	guard	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | participle |  | two big dogs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **guard** | gerund |  | the whole village |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent village=Beneficiary |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
two, named Chutko and Vazhko

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1116-pg29672-part22:e4:o4:1
# text = two, named Chutko and Vazhko
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
4	Chutko	Chutko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	Vazhko	Vazhko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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