--- title: wait, twins? how many babies did they get while he was out? — Russian Folk-Tales, Little Tsar Novish… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, twins? how many babies did they get while he was out? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1102 «Russian Folk-Tales, Little Tsar Novishny, part 8: the Tsar promises Satan what awaits him at home, and the children are hidden in a ditch» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1102-pg29672-part8/t8/) [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, Little Tsar Novish…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1102-pg29672-part8/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Little Tsar Novishny, part 8: the Tsar… wait, twins? how many babies did they get while he was out? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, many babies · **What happens:** wait, get out This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1102 «Russian Folk-Tales, Little Tsar Novishny, part 8: the Tsar promises Satan what awaits him at home, and the children are hidden in a ditch» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/1102-pg29672-part8/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1102-pg29672-part8:t8:1 # text = wait, twins? how many babies did they get while he was out? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 twins twin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 8 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 11 while while SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get out** | past · do-support | many babies | | | | | | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Two, a boy and a girl ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1102-pg29672-part8:t8:o1:1 # text = Two, a boy and a girl 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} One boy and one girl ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1102-pg29672-part8:t8:o2:1 # text = One boy and one girl 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Two, a prince and princess ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1102-pg29672-part8:t8:o3:1 # text = Two, a prince and princess 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Two boys ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1102-pg29672-part8:t8:o4:1 # text = Two boys 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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