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description: Which of the following describes the act performed by the Warlock upon the wedded pair? Exam question 1 of lesson 479 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Warlock: the Soldier burns the wicked Warlock and the village is saved.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Warlock: the Soldi…

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Which of the following describes the act performed by the Warlock upon the wedded pair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, describe, perform, wed · **To what, where:** act

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 479 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Warlock: the Soldier burns the wicked Warlock and the village is saved.» 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/479-pg22373-part71/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:e1:1
# text = Which of the following describes the act performed by the Warlock upon the wedded pair?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	performed	perform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Warlock	Warlock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	wedded	wed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the act |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent act=Theme |
| 3 | **perform** | participle |  | the act *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Warlock; upon the wedded pair | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **wed** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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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He pierced both their hands with an awl and drew off all their blood into many phials

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:e1:o1:1
# text = He pierced both their hands with an awl and drew off all their blood into many phials
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pierced	pierce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	both	both	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	awl	awl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	14	det:predet	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	phials	phial	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pierce** | past | He | their hands |  |  |  | with a awl | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hand=Patient with awl=Instrument |
| 2 | **draw off** | past | He *not said here* | hands's blood |  |  |  | into many phials *result* | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent blood=Patient into phial=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He pierced their hands with an awl and drew off their blood into two phials

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:e1:o2:1
# text = He pierced their hands with an awl and drew off their blood into two phials
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pierced	pierce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	awl	awl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	phials	phial	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pierce** | past | He | their hands |  |  |  | with a awl | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hand=Patient with awl=Instrument |
| 2 | **draw off** | past | He *not said here* | hands's blood |  |  |  | into two phials *result* | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent blood=Patient into phial=Result |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He drew off their blood into two phials

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:e1:o3:1
# text = He drew off their blood into two phials
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	phials	phial	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw off** | past | He | their blood |  |  |  | into two phials *result* | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent blood=Patient into phial=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He pierced their hands with an awl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:e1:o4:1
# text = He pierced their hands with an awl
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pierced	pierce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	awl	awl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pierce** | past | He | their hands |  |  |  | with a awl | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hand=Patient with awl=Instrument |

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