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title: Upon what object did the four runners lift the man on the hillock? — Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what object did the four runners lift the man on the hillock? Exam question 3 of lesson 1270 «Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, part 7: Iktomi tricks the avenger into the tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Exam question 3 · Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, part 7: Iktomi tricks…

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Upon what object did the four runners lift the man on the hillock?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, four runners · **What happens:** do, lift · **To what, where:** man, hillock

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1270 «Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, part 7: Iktomi tricks the avenger into the tree» 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/1270-pg338-part7/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1270-pg338-part7:e3:1
# text = Upon what object did the four runners lift the man on the hillock?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	runners	runner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	lift	lift	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hillock	hillock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | object |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **lift** | present | the four runners | the man |  | the hillock |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Theme on hillock=Destination |

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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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A richly beaded and painted buffalo robe that the four runners had brought back from the chief's lodge

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1270-pg338-part7:e3:o1:1
# text = A richly beaded and painted buffalo robe that the four runners had brought back from the chief's lodge
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
2	richly	richly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	beaded	bead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
6	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	runners	runner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
14	back	back	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	lodge	lodge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bead** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | richly *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
| 2 | **paint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **bring back** | past · perfect · passive |  | the four runners |  | the chief's lodge |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination that=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A handsomely decorated buffalo robe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1270-pg338-part7:e3:o2:1
# text = A handsomely decorated buffalo robe
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	handsomely	handsomely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	decorated	decorate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
4	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decorate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | handsomely *property* | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A richly painted travois

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1270-pg338-part7:e3:o3:1
# text = A richly painted travois
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	richly	richly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	travois	travois	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | richly *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A large, handsomely decorated buffalo robe with painted symbols that the four runners carried proudly

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1270-pg338-part7:e3:o4:1
# text = A large, handsomely decorated buffalo robe with painted symbols that the four runners carried proudly
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	handsomely	handsomely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	decorated	decorate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
6	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	symbols	symbol	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	runners	runner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	proudly	proudly	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decorate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | handsomely *property* | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **paint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **carry** | past | a large decorated buffalo robe with painted symbols |  |  |  |  | proudly *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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