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title: how did he stay calm the whole time, like a total boss? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Tsarivna Posse… · tree and pragmatics
description: how did he stay calm the whole time, like a total boss? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1108 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Tsarivna Possessed: the youth outwits the unclean spirit and wins the Tsar's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 13 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Tsarivna Possessed: the youth outw…

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how did he stay calm the whole time, like a total boss?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** stay

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1108 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Tsarivna Possessed: the youth outwits the unclean spirit and wins the Tsar's daughter» 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/1108-pg29672-part14/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1108-pg29672-part14:t13:1
# text = how did he stay calm the whole time, like a total boss?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  | time | calm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He kept praying and never looked up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1108-pg29672-part14:t13:o1:1
# text = He kept praying and never looked up
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	praying	pray	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pray** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **not** **look up** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He kept praying out loud and never once looked up at the ghost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1108-pg29672-part14:t13:o2:1
# text = He kept praying out loud and never once looked up at the ghost
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	praying	pray	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	9	advmod	_	_
9	looked	look	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ghost	ghost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pray** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **not** **look up** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the ghost; once *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at ghost=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He just kept his eyes shut

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1108-pg29672-part14:t13:o3:1
# text = He just kept his eyes shut
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	shut	shut	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | He | his eyes |  |  |  | shut *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He prayed hard and avoided her gaze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1108-pg29672-part14:t13:o4:1
# text = He prayed hard and avoided her gaze
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	prayed	pray	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	avoided	avoid	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	gaze	gaze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pray** | past | He |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **avoid** | past | He *not said here* | her gaze |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent gaze=Location |
| 3 | **gaze** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom gaze «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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