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title: Which action did the moujik perform immediately after ploughing half… — Russian Folk-Tales, Uncle Sidor's Brea… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action did the moujik perform immediately after ploughing half of the field? Exam question 1 of lesson 491 «Russian Folk-Tales, Uncle Sidor's Bread, part 83: a peasant saves his crust, a little demon steals it and then serves him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Uncle Sidor's Bread, part 83: a peasan…

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Which action did the moujik perform immediately after ploughing half of the field?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action · **What happens:** perform, plough · **To what, where:** half

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 491 «Russian Folk-Tales, Uncle Sidor's Bread, part 83: a peasant saves his crust, a little demon steals it and then serves him» 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/491-pg22373-part83/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:491-pg22373-part83:e1:1
# text = Which action did the moujik perform immediately after ploughing half of the field?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	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	moujik	moujik	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	perform	perform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	ploughing	plough	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
10	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	9	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | past · do-support | which action |  |  |  |  | immediately *property* | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **plough** | gerund | which action *not said here* | half of the field |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent half=Initial\_Location |

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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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He ploughed the remaining half at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:491-pg22373-part83:e1:o1:1
# text = He ploughed the remaining half at once
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ploughed	plough	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	remaining	remaining	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	2	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plough** | past | He | the remaining half |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent half=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He returned his horse to the stable

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:491-pg22373-part83:e1:o2:1
# text = He returned his horse to the stable
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stable	stable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | past | He | his horse |  | the stable |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Theme to stable=Destination |

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

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He unharnessed his horse and turned it out to graze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:491-pg22373-part83:e1:o3:1
# text = He unharnessed his horse and turned it out to graze
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	unharnessed	unharness	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	graze	graze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unharness** | past | He | his horse |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **turn out** | past | He *not said here* | horse |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
| 3 | **graze** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He sold his horse to a neighbour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:491-pg22373-part83:e1:o4:1
# text = He sold his horse to a neighbour
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past | He | his horse | a neighbour |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent horse=Theme to neighbour=Recipient |

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