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title: Real talk, where does the serpent hide before the kissing? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Unluc… · tree and pragmatics
description: Real talk, where does the serpent hide before the kissing? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1111 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Unlucky Daniel, part 17: the Serpent's three kisses, and Daniel's lucky gifts from a serpent-lady» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Test 11 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Unlucky Daniel, part 17:…

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Real talk, where does the serpent hide before the kissing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** serpent hide

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1111 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Unlucky Daniel, part 17: the Serpent's three kisses, and Daniel's lucky gifts from a serpent-lady» 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/1111-pg29672-part17/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1111-pg29672-part17:t11:1
# text = Real talk, where does the serpent hide before the kissing?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
5	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	hide	hide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	kissing	kissing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the serpent hide |  |  | before the kissing |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hide=Eventuality |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Under a hazel-nut bush

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1111-pg29672-part17:t11:o1:1
# text = Under a hazel-nut bush
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	hazel	hazel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	nut	nut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Under a hazel-nut bush at the edge of the field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1111-pg29672-part17:t11:o2:1
# text = Under a hazel-nut bush at the edge of the field
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	hazel	hazel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	nut	nut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Inside a hollow oak tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1111-pg29672-part17:t11:o3:1
# text = Inside a hollow oak tree
1	Inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Behind the old stone wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1111-pg29672-part17:t11:o4:1
# text = Behind the old stone wall
1	Behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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