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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Ivashko, part 36: the witch tricks Iva…

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Which action does Ivashko take in order to escape from the witch's house?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action · **What happens:** take in, escape · **To what, where:** order, house

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 444 «Russian Folk-Tales, Ivashko, part 36: the witch tricks Ivashko's voice, but he tricks Alenka and escapes up an oak» 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/444-pg22373-part36/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:444-pg22373-part36:e1:1
# text = Which action does Ivashko take in order to escape from the witch's house?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Ivashko	Ivashko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take in** | present · do-support | which action | order |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme |
| 2 | **escape** | to-infinitive | which action *not said here* |  |  | the witch's house |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from house=Initial\_Location |

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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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He hides beneath the hut floor and stays very quiet there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:444-pg22373-part36:e1:o1:1
# text = He hides beneath the hut floor and stays very quiet there
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hides	hide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
11	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present | He |  |  | the hut floor |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath floor=Location |
| 2 | **stay** | present | He *not said here* |  |  | there |  | quiet *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He runs to the river and jumps into the canoe again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:444-pg22373-part36:e1:o2:1
# text = He runs to the river and jumps into the canoe again
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	jumps	jump	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	canoe	canoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	again	again	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | He |  |  |  |  | to the river *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to river=Result |
| 2 | **jump** | present | He *not said here* |  |  | the canoe | again |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into canoe=Destination |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He climbs an oak-tree and remains concealed in its branches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:444-pg22373-part36:e1:o3:1
# text = He climbs an oak-tree and remains concealed in its branches
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	climbs	climb	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	6	conj	_	_
9	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | present | He | a oak tree and remains |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme |
| 2 | **conceal** | participle |  | remains *not said here* |  | its branches |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in branch=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He climbs an oak-tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:444-pg22373-part36:e1:o4:1
# text = He climbs an oak-tree
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	climbs	climb	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | present | He | a oak tree |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme |

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