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description: Which object, when cast upon the open plain, caused high mountains to arise? Exam question 1 of lesson 446 «Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and the Witch-Snake: Prince Ivan escapes his sister and is weighed against her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and the Witch-Snake: Princ…

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Which object, when cast upon the open plain, caused high mountains to arise?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** cast, cause, arise · **To what, where:** open plain, object

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 446 «Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and the Witch-Snake: Prince Ivan escapes his sister and is weighed against her» 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/446-pg22373-part38/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:446-pg22373-part38:e1:1
# text = Which object, when cast upon the open plain, caused high mountains to arise?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	cast	cast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	arise	arise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cast** | participle |  |  |  | the open plain |  |  | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent upon plain=Destination |
| 2 | **cause** | participle · passive |  | which object |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **arise** | to-infinitive | which object *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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The brush

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:446-pg22373-part38:e1:o1:1
# text = The brush
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brush	brush	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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The silver mirror

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:446-pg22373-part38:e1:o2:1
# text = The silver mirror
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	mirror	mirror	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 handkerchief

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:446-pg22373-part38:e1:o3:1
# text = The handkerchief
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The handkerchief that made a lake when waved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:446-pg22373-part38:e1:o4:1
# text = The handkerchief that made a lake when waved
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	waved	wave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the handkerchief | a lake |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material lake=Product |
| 2 | **wave** | participle | the handkerchief *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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