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title: lol what did the jester use to catch her? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Heifer, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol what did the jester use to catch her? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1115 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Heifer, part 21: the golden slippers are left behind and the search begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 4 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Heifer, part 21: the golden slipp…

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lol what did the jester use to catch her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** jester · **What happens:** use, catch · **To what, where:** jester

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1115 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Heifer, part 21: the golden slippers are left behind and the search begins» 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/1115-pg29672-part21/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1115-pg29672-part21:t4:1
# text = lol what did the jester use to catch her?
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	jester	jester	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past · do-support | the jester |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
| 2 | **catch** | to-infinitive | the jester *not said here* | jester |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Sticky pitch on the spot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1115-pg29672-part21:t4:o1:1
# text = Sticky pitch on the spot
1	Sticky	sticky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A sticky net on the stairs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1115-pg29672-part21:t4:o2:1
# text = A sticky net on the stairs
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sticky	sticky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hot wax on the stone floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1115-pg29672-part21:t4:o3:1
# text = Hot wax on the stone floor
1	Hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	wax	wax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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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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A big net made of rope hidden under the carpet by the altar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1115-pg29672-part21:t4:o4:1
# text = A big net made of rope hidden under the carpet by the altar
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	carpet	carpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **hide** | participle |  | made rope *not said here* |  | the carpet |  | by the altar | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under carpet=Location |

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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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