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title: what's a steppe, is it a forest? — Russian Tales, The Straw Ox: a clever… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's a steppe, is it a forest? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1113 «Russian Tales, The Straw Ox: a clever old woman tricks a hungry bear with a tar-smeared straw ox» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was r
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# Test 10 · ★ · Russian Tales, The Straw Ox: a clever old woman tricks a h…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what's a steppe, is it a forest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** forest, steppe · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** steppe, forest

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1113 «Russian Tales, The Straw Ox: a clever old woman tricks a hungry bear with a tar-smeared straw ox» 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/1113-pg29672-part19/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1113-pg29672-part19:t10:1
# text = what's a steppe, is it a forest?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	steppe	steppe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a forest | a steppe |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a steppe | a forest |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, it's a dark wood full of pines

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1113-pg29672-part19:t10:o1:1
# text = nope, it's a dark wood full of pines
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	pines	pine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a dark wood |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, it's a huge wide grassy plain with no trees, where the cows graze in summer

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1113-pg29672-part19:t10:o2:1
# text = nope, it's a huge wide grassy plain with no trees, where the cows graze in summer
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	grassy	grassy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	17	advmod	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
17	graze	graze	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a huge wide grassy plain |  |  |  | with no trees | tree rules |
| 2 | **graze** | present | the cows |  |  |  | summer |  | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, it's a huge wide grassy plain with no trees, only the dark wood far behind the pines

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1113-pg29672-part19:t10:o3:1
# text = nope, it's a huge wide grassy plain with no trees, only the dark wood far behind the pines
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	grassy	grassy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	only	only	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
18	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	17	advmod	_	_
19	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	pines	pine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a huge wide grassy plain and the dark wood |  |  |  | with no trees | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, it's a huge wide grassy plain with no trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1113-pg29672-part19:t10:o4:1
# text = nope, it's a huge wide grassy plain with no trees
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	grassy	grassy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a huge wide grassy plain |  |  |  | with no trees | tree rules |

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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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