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title: Which object did the corpse carry out of the grave upon emerging? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Moujik and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the corpse carry out of the grave upon emerging? Exam question 1 of lesson 478 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Moujik and the Corpse, part 70: the moujik wins back the coffin-lid and saves two dead lads» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Moujik and the Corpse, part 70: th…

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Which object did the corpse carry out of the grave upon emerging?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** carry out, emerge · **To what, where:** grave

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 478 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Moujik and the Corpse, part 70: the moujik wins back the coffin-lid and saves two dead lads» 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/478-pg22373-part70/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:478-pg22373-part70:e1:1
# text = Which object did the corpse carry out of the grave upon emerging?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	corpse	corpse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	emerging	emerge	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry out** | past · do-support | which object | the grave |  |  |  |  | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grave=Eventuality |
| 2 | **emerge** | gerund | 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 {#o1}

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The heavy lid of a sealed oak coffin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:478-pg22373-part70:e1:o1:1
# text = The heavy lid of a sealed oak coffin
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lid	lid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	sealed	seal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
7	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	coffin	coffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A grave plank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:478-pg22373-part70:e1:o2:1
# text = A grave plank
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	grave	grave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	plank	plank	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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A stone slab pulled from the churchyard wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:478-pg22373-part70:e1:o3:1
# text = A stone slab pulled from the churchyard wall
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	slab	slab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	churchyard	churchyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | participle |  | a stone slab *not said here* |  |  |  | from the churchyard wall | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from wall=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A coffin lid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:478-pg22373-part70:e1:o4:1
# text = A coffin lid
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	coffin	coffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lid	lid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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