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description: Which action of the hunter is recorded as the cause of the Leshy's death? Exam question 1 of lesson 455 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest's Daughter and the Leshy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest's Daughter and the Leshy

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Which action of the hunter is recorded as the cause of the Leshy's death?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hunter, Leshy · **What happens:** record, act, cause, die · **To what, where:** action, death

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 455 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest's Daughter and the Leshy» 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/455-pg22373-part47/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:455-pg22373-part47:e1:1
# text = Which action of the hunter is recorded as the cause of the Leshy's death?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Leshy	Leshy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | present · passive |  | which action of the hunter |  |  |  | as the cause of the Leshy's death | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **act** |  | the hunter |  |  |  |  |  | nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent |
| 3 | **cause** |  |  | the Leshy's death |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **die** |  | the Leshy |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The discharge of his gun into the Leshy's abdomen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:455-pg22373-part47:e1:o1:1
# text = The discharge of his gun into the Leshy's abdomen
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	discharge	discharge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	gun	gun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Leshy	Leshy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	abdomen	abdomen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discharge** |  |  | his gun |  | the Leshy's abdomen |  |  | nom discharge «event transitive»: of=patient into=place |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The gunshot that struck the Leshy's chest wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:455-pg22373-part47:e1:o2:1
# text = The gunshot that struck the Leshy's chest wall
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gunshot	gunshot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Leshy	Leshy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past | the gunshot | the Leshy's chest wall |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The repeated firing of his rifle into the Leshy's belly and legs at close range

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:455-pg22373-part47:e1:o3:1
# text = The repeated firing of his rifle into the Leshy's belly and legs at close range
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	firing	firing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	rifle	rifle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Leshy	Leshy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	belly	belly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	range	range	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **fire** |  | his rifle |  |  | the Leshy's belly and legs |  |  | nom firing «act intransitive»: of=agent into=place |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The stab of his knife into the Leshy's side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:455-pg22373-part47:e1:o4:1
# text = The stab of his knife into the Leshy's side
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stab	stab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Leshy	Leshy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stab** |  |  | his knife |  | the Leshy's side |  |  | nom stab «feeling transitive»: of=patient into=place |

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