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title: What was the outcome of the contest over the oak tree? — Russian Fairy Tales, Ivan Golik: the p… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the outcome of the contest over the oak tree? Exam question 2 of lesson 1133 «Russian Fairy Tales, Ivan Golik: the princess splits Ivan in two, and the brothers meet again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Fairy Tales, Ivan Golik: the princess splits Ivan…

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What was the outcome of the contest over the oak tree?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** outcome

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1133 «Russian Fairy Tales, Ivan Golik: the princess splits Ivan in two, and the brothers meet again» 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/1133-pg29672-part39/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1133-pg29672-part39:e2:1
# text = What was the outcome of the contest over the oak tree?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the outcome |  |  |  | of the contest over the oak tree | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Legless threw the oak seven miles, Armless only three

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1133-pg29672-part39:e2:o1:1
# text = Legless threw the oak seven miles, Armless only three
1	Legless	legless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	Armless	Armless	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past | Legless | the oak |  |  |  | Armless *obl*; three *obl* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent oak=Destination mile=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Legless won

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1133-pg29672-part39:e2:o2:1
# text = Legless won
1	Legless	legless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	won	won	PROPN	ADD	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Legless threw the oak seven miles across the field, and Armless managed only three before the crowd laughed at him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1133-pg29672-part39:e2:o3:1
# text = Legless threw the oak seven miles across the field, and Armless managed only three before the crowd laughed at him
1	Legless	legless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	across	across	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	Armless	Armless	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	managed	manage	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	only	only	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	obj	_	_
16	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past | Legless | the oak |  | the field |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent oak=Destination mile=Theme |
| 2 | **manage** | past | Armless | three |  |  |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent three=Theme |
| 3 | **laugh** | past | the crowd |  |  |  |  | at Armless | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Legless hurled the hare seven miles, Armless three

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1133-pg29672-part39:e2:o4:1
# text = Legless hurled the hare seven miles, Armless three
1	Legless	legless	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hurled	hurl	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	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	Armless	Armless	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurl** | past | Legless | seven miles | the hare |  |  | Armless *obl* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent hare=Destination mile=Theme |

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