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title: Which of the following objects, when thrown by the heroine, produced… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Baba Yaga, the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following objects, when thrown by the heroine, produced a river in the tale of the Baba Yaga? Exam question 1 of lesson 440 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Baba Yaga, the girl escapes with a towel and a comb» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Baba Yaga, the girl escapes with a…

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Which of the following objects, when thrown by the heroine, produced a river in the tale of the Baba Yaga?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Baba Yaga · **What happens:** follow, throw, produce, tell · **To what, where:** river, tale · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 440 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Baba Yaga, the girl escapes with a towel and a comb» 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/440-pg22373-part32/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:440-pg22373-part32:e1:1
# text = Which of the following objects, when thrown by the heroine, produced a river in the tale of the Baba Yaga?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	heroine	heroine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
13	produced	produce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	Baba	Baba	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	Yaga	Yaga	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **throw** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the heroine | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by heroine=Destination |
| 3 | **produce** | past |  | a river |  | the tale of the Baba Yaga |  | of the following objects | tree rules |
| 4 | **tell** |  | the Baba Yaga |  |  |  |  |  | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The basket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:440-pg22373-part32:e1:o1:1
# text = The basket
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Comb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:440-pg22373-part32:e1:o2:1
# text = Comb
1	Comb	comb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The mirror

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:440-pg22373-part32:e1:o3:1
# text = The mirror
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mirror	mirror	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 towel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:440-pg22373-part32:e1:o4:1
# text = The towel
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	towel	towel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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