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title: Identify the exchange by which Ivan obtained the magic fife, as narr… — Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the exchange by which Ivan obtained the magic fife, as narrated in the passage. Exam question 3 of lesson 1125 «Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31: Ivan's millstone scatters robbers, and his magic fife sets a parson dancing into a hedge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with
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# Exam question 3 · Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31: Ivan's millstone sc…

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Identify the exchange by which Ivan obtained the magic fife, as narrated in the passage.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Ivan · **What happens:** identify, obtain, narrate · **To what, where:** exchange, magic fife, passage

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1125 «Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31: Ivan's millstone scatters robbers, and his magic fife sets a parson dancing into a hedge» 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/1125-pg29672-part31/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1125-pg29672-part31:e3:1
# text = Identify the exchange by which Ivan obtained the magic fife, as narrated in the passage.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
6	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	obtained	obtain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	fife	fife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	narrated	narrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the exchange |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent exchange=Theme |
| 2 | **obtain** | past | Ivan | the magic fife |  |  |  | by the exchange | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fife=Theme |
| 3 | **narrate** *speech: other* | participle | Ivan *not said here* |  |  | the passage |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He surrendered the bag of incense to St Peter in return for the instrument

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1125-pg29672-part31:e3:o1:1
# text = He surrendered the bag of incense to St Peter in return for the instrument
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	surrendered	surrender	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	incense	incense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	St	St	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	instrument	instrument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surrender** | past | He | the bag of incense | St Peter | return |  | for the instrument | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent bag=Theme to peter=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He traded it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1125-pg29672-part31:e3:o2:1
# text = He traded it
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	traded	trade	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trade** | past | He | it |  |  |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He handed over his gold coins to St Peter and was given the fife as payment

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1125-pg29672-part31:e3:o3:1
# text = He handed over his gold coins to St Peter and was given the fife as payment
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	handed	hand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	St	St	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	fife	fife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand over** | past | He | his gold coins | St Peter |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent coin=Theme to peter=Destination |
| 2 | **give** | past · passive | He *not said here* | the fife |  |  |  | as payment | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: fife=Theme |
| 3 | **coin** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom coin «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He gave St Peter the bag and got a fife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1125-pg29672-part31:e3:o4:1
# text = He gave St Peter the bag and got a fife
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	St	St	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	iobj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fife	fife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | He | the bag | St Peter |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent peter=Recipient bag=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | past | He *not said here* | a fife |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fife=Stimulus |

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