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title: Which object did the Simpleton claim to have sold to the Birch-tree,… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the Simpleton claim to have sold to the Birch-tree, and for what sum of money? Exam question 1 of lesson 420 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the ox sold to the Birch, the gold, and the goat's head» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the ox sold to the Birc…

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Which object did the Simpleton claim to have sold to the Birch-tree, and for what sum of money?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do, sell, sum · **To what, where:** Simpleton claim, Birch tree, money

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 420 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the ox sold to the Birch, the gold, and the goat's head» 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/420-pg22373-part12/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:e1:1
# text = Which object did the Simpleton claim to have sold to the Birch-tree, and for what sum of money?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Simpleton	Simpleton	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux	_	_
9	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	Birch	birch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	19	det	_	_
19	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which object | the Simpleton claim |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sell** | to-infinitive · perfect | which object *not said here* | the Simpleton claim *not said here* | the Birch tree |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to tree=Recipient |
| 3 | **sum** |  |  | money |  |  |  |  | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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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An ox, for twenty roubles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:e1:o1:1
# text = An ox, for twenty roubles
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ox	ox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	roubles	rouble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An ox, free

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:e1:o2:1
# text = An ox, free
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ox	ox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A cow, ten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:e1:o3:1
# text = A cow, ten
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A goat, for twenty roubles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:e1:o4:1
# text = A goat, for twenty roubles
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	roubles	rouble	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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