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title: yo, who was like totally whispering dark stuff to the Tsarivna? — Russian Fairy Tales, Daniel the Cossac… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo, who was like totally whispering dark stuff to the Tsarivna? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1112 «Russian Fairy Tales, Daniel the Cossack, part 18: Daniel is betrayed, turned into a horse, and returns as a drake-man» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 1 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Daniel the Cossack, part 18: Daniel i…

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yo, who was like totally whispering dark stuff to the Tsarivna?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1112 «Russian Fairy Tales, Daniel the Cossack, part 18: Daniel is betrayed, turned into a horse, and returns as a drake-man» 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/1112-pg29672-part18/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:t1:1
# text = yo, who was like totally whispering dark stuff to the Tsarivna?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	whispering	whisper	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Tsarivna	Tsarivna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | to the Tsarivna; totally, whisper *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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a raven at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:t1:o1:1
# text = a raven at night
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	raven	raven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the counsellors from the strange land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:t1:o2:1
# text = the counsellors from the strange land
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	counsellors	counsellor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the wicked steward of the court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:t1:o3:1
# text = the wicked steward of the court
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	steward	steward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the envious maids of the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:t1:o4:1
# text = the envious maids of the palace
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	envious	envious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	maids	maid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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