--- title: Which term, occurring in the narrative, denotes the misfortune or ev… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likh… · tree and pragmatics description: Which term, occurring in the narrative, denotes the misfortune or evil personified in the old woman? Exam question 4 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 dependency t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/450-pg22373-part42/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likh…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/450-pg22373-part42/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likho: a smith tricks an… Which term, occurring in the narrative, denotes the misfortune or evil personified in the old woman? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** term · **What happens:** occur, denote, personify · **To what, where:** narrative, misfortune This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:e4:1 # text = Which term, occurring in the narrative, denotes the misfortune or evil personified in the old woman? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 occurring occur VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 9 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 misfortune misfortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 personified personify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **occur** | gerund | which term *not said here* | | | the narrative | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in narrative=Location | | 2 | **denote** | present | which term | the misfortune or evil | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot misfortune=Topic | | 3 | **personify** | participle | | the misfortune or evil *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | 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} The old woman of the forest cottage ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:e4:o1:1 # text = The old woman of the forest cottage 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Vasilisa ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:e4:o2:1 # text = Vasilisa 1 Vasilisa Vasilisa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Likho ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:e4:o3:1 # text = Likho 1 Likho Likho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Koschei ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:e4:o4:1 # text = Koschei 1 Koschei Koschei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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