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title: Upon what object does the smith's hand become immovably affixed in t… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likh… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what object does the smith's hand become immovably affixed in the forest, according to the narrative? Exam question 2 of lesson 450 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likho: a smith tricks an old woman, loses his hand, and runs home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likho: a smith tricks an…

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Upon what object does the smith's hand become immovably affixed in the forest, according to the narrative?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do, affix, accord · **To what, where:** hand, forest

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 450 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likho: a smith tricks an old woman, loses his hand, and runs home» 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/450-pg22373-part42/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:e2:1
# text = Upon what object does the smith's hand become immovably affixed in the forest, according to the narrative?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
3	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	smith	smith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	immovably	immovably	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	affixed	affix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	case	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	fixed	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | object | the smith's hand |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Eventuality |
| 2 | **affix** | present |  |  |  | the forest |  | accord the narrative; immovably *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A golden-handled knife, nailed to a log

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:e2:o1:1
# text = A golden-handled knife, nailed to a log
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	handled	handle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	nailed	nail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	log	log	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **handle** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **nail** | participle |  | a golden handled knife *not said here* |  |  |  | to a log | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to log=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A golden-handled hatchet wedged into the bark of an old oak tree in the forest clearing

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:e2:o2:1
# text = A golden-handled hatchet wedged into the bark of an old oak tree in the forest clearing
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	handled	handle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	wedged	wedge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	clearing	clearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **handle** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wedge** | participle |  | a handled hatchet *not said here* |  | the bark of a old oak tree |  | in the forest clearing | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into bark=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A golden-handled hatchet, lodged deep in the trunk of a birch tree near the path

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:e2:o3:1
# text = A golden-handled hatchet, lodged deep in the trunk of a birch tree near the path
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	handled	handle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	lodged	lodge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
8	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	trunk	trunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	birch	birch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	near	near	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **handle** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **lodge** | participle |  | a handled hatchet *not said here* |  | the trunk of a birch tree near the path |  | deep *property* | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in trunk=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A golden-handled hatchet, lodged in a tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:e2:o4:1
# text = A golden-handled hatchet, lodged in a tree
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	handled	handle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	lodged	lodge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **handle** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **lodge** | participle |  | a handled hatchet *not said here* |  | a tree |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location |

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