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title: Ngl, what did the labourer's wife come out of? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Serpent's Wife… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, what did the labourer's wife come out of? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1110 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Serpent's Wife, part 16: Tremsin wins the herd and the Nastasia's riddle, then a labourer's wife turns out to be a serpent» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Test 6 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Serpent's Wife, part 16: Tremsin w…

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Ngl, what did the labourer's wife come out of?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl, wife · **What happens:** do, come out

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1110 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Serpent's Wife, part 16: Tremsin wins the herd and the Nastasia's riddle, then a labourer's wife turns out to be a serpent» 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/1110-pg29672-part16/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1110-pg29672-part16:t6:1
# text = Ngl, what did the labourer's wife come out of?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	labourer	labourer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	out	out	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Ngl |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **come out** | present | the labourer's wife |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |

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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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A golden egg

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1110-pg29672-part16:t6:o1:1
# text = A golden egg
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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A burnt sheaf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1110-pg29672-part16:t6:o2:1
# text = A burnt sheaf
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	burnt	burnt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sheaf	sheaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A big old wooden chest by the hearth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1110-pg29672-part16:t6:o3:1
# text = A big old wooden chest by the hearth
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hearth	hearth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A pile of ashes from the old fire in the hut

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1110-pg29672-part16:t6:o4:1
# text = A pile of ashes from the old fire in the hut
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

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