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title: By what implement does Baba Yaga propel her mortar, as described in… — Russian Fairy Tales, Vasilissa the Bea… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what implement does Baba Yaga propel her mortar, as described in the passage? Exam question 3 of lesson 442 «Russian Fairy Tales, Vasilissa the Beautiful, part 34: Vasilissa goes to Baba Yaga's for a light and gets through an impossible task» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the
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# Exam question 3 · Russian Fairy Tales, Vasilissa the Beautiful, part 34: Vas…

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By what implement does Baba Yaga propel her mortar, as described in the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Baba · **What happens:** propel, describe · **To what, where:** mortar, passage

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 442 «Russian Fairy Tales, Vasilissa the Beautiful, part 34: Vasilissa goes to Baba Yaga's for a light and gets through an impossible task» 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/442-pg22373-part34/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:442-pg22373-part34:e3:1
# text = By what implement does Baba Yaga propel her mortar, as described in the passage?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obl	_	_
3	implement	implement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	Baba	Baba	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	Yaga	Yaga	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	propel	propel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	mortar	mortar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	parataxis	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propel** | present · do-support | Baba | Baba's mortar |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **describe** | participle |  |  |  | the passage |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=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 {#o1}

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By pushing hard with her bare feet on the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:442-pg22373-part34:e3:o1:1
# text = By pushing hard with her bare feet on the ground
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with her bare feet; on the ground; hard *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on ground=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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With a long iron pole she pushes against the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:442-pg22373-part34:e3:o2:1
# text = With a long iron pole she pushes against the ground
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	pushes	push	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	against	against	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | present | she |  |  |  |  | with a long iron pole; against the ground | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent against ground=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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With a shovel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:442-pg22373-part34:e3:o3:1
# text = With a shovel
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	shovel	shovel	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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With a pestle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:442-pg22373-part34:e3:o4:1
# text = With a pestle
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pestle	pestle	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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