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title: Which statement correctly identifies the material with which the pyr… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which statement correctly identifies the material with which the pyre was to be constructed? Exam question 2 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 dependen
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Warlock: the Soldi…

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Which statement correctly identifies the material with which the pyre was to be constructed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** statement · **What happens:** identify, construct · **To what, where:** material, pyre

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:e2:1
# text = Which statement correctly identifies the material with which the pyre was to be constructed?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pyre	pyre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	constructed	construct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | present | which statement | the material |  |  |  | correctly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent material=Theme |
| 2 | **construct** | past · passive | which statement *not said here* | the pyre |  |  |  | with the material | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with which=Instrument |

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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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Aspen boughs, to the number of one hundred loads, piled high in the graveyard

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:e2:o1:1
# text = Aspen boughs, to the number of one hundred loads, piled high in the graveyard
1	Aspen	aspen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	boughs	bough	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	compound	_	_
9	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	piled	pile	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
13	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	graveyard	graveyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pile** | participle |  | Aspen boughs *not said here* |  | the graveyard |  | high *property* | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in graveyard=Destination |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Aspen boughs, to the number of one hundred loads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:e2:o2:1
# text = Aspen boughs, to the number of one hundred loads
1	Aspen	aspen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	boughs	bough	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	compound	_	_
9	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pine logs, a hundred loads in all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:e2:o3:1
# text = Pine logs, a hundred loads in all
1	Pine	pine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	logs	log	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Oak logs, to the amount of fifty heavy carts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:e2:o4:1
# text = Oak logs, to the amount of fifty heavy carts
1	Oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	logs	log	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **amount** |  |  | fifty heavy carts |  |  |  |  | nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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