--- title: Upon discovering the theft of his bread, which phrase did the moujik… — Russian Folk-Tales, Uncle Sidor's Brea… · tree and pragmatics description: Upon discovering the theft of his bread, which phrase did the moujik utter? Exam question 2 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 dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/491-pg22373-part83/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Russian Folk-Tales, Uncle Sidor's Brea…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/491-pg22373-part83/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, Uncle Sidor's Bread, part 83: a peasan… Upon discovering the theft of his bread, which phrase did the moujik utter? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** discover, do · **To what, where:** theft, moujik This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:491-pg22373-part83:e2:1 # text = Upon discovering the theft of his bread, which phrase did the moujik utter? 1 Upon upon SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 discovering discover VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 theft theft NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 10 det _ _ 10 phrase phrase NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 11 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 moujik moujik NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 utter utter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **discover** | gerund | | the theft of his bread and which phrase | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent theft=Topic | | 2 | **do** | past | | the moujik | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moujik=Eventuality | 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} "Let the thief be punished!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:491-pg22373-part83:e2:o1:1 # text = "Let the thief be punished!" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 punished punish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | the thief | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **punish** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | the thief *not said here* | | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP» | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} "God be with him who took it!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:491-pg22373-part83:e2:o2:1 # text = "God be with him who took it!" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 parataxis _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | with him *= he* | tree rules | | 2 | **take** *in a quote* | past | God | it | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} "Who has done this wicked deed?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:491-pg22373-part83:e2:o3:1 # text = "Who has done this wicked deed?" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 6 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | this wicked deed | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} "I shall recover the loaf!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:491-pg22373-part83:e2:o4:1 # text = "I shall recover the loaf!" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 recover recover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 loaf loaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recover** *in a quote* | shall | I | the loaf | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loaf=Theme | **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. 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