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title: Which implement did the poor man employ to secure the animal upon th… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Wondrous Story… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which implement did the poor man employ to secure the animal upon the mountain? Exam question 1 of lesson 1130 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Wondrous Story of Ivan Golik and the Serpents, part 36: Ivan Golik joins the prince and saves the mice» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Wondrous Story of Ivan Golik and t…

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Which implement did the poor man employ to secure the animal upon the mountain?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** implement · **What happens:** employ, secure · **To what, where:** animal

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1130 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Wondrous Story of Ivan Golik and the Serpents, part 36: Ivan Golik joins the prince and saves the mice» 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/1130-pg29672-part36/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1130-pg29672-part36:e1:1
# text = Which implement did the poor man employ to secure the animal upon the mountain?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	implement	implement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	employ	employ	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	secure	secure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | past · do-support | which implement |  |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **secure** | to-infinitive | which implement *not said here* | the animal |  |  |  | upon the mountain | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition animal=Theme |

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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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the bridle and saddle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1130-pg29672-part36:e1:o1:1
# text = the bridle and saddle
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bridle	bridle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	saddle	saddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the harness and whip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1130-pg29672-part36:e1:o2:1
# text = the harness and whip
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	harness	harness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	whip	whip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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a stick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1130-pg29672-part36:e1:o3:1
# text = a stick
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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the bit and reins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1130-pg29672-part36:e1:o4:1
# text = the bit and reins
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	reins	rein	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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