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title: who had to find the slipper owner, bro? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Heifer, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: who had to find the slipper owner, bro? Test 9 · ★ 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 cho
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# Test 9 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Heifer, part 21: the golden slipp…

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who had to find the slipper owner, bro?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** have, find · **To what, where:** slipper owner

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1115-pg29672-part21:t9:1
# text = who had to find the slipper owner, bro?
1	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	slipper	slipper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | the slipper owner and bro |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent owner=Topic |

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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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The jester and all of the Tsar's wise councillors together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1115-pg29672-part21:t9:o1:1
# text = The jester and all of the Tsar's wise councillors together
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	jester	jester	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	councillors	councillor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
11	together	together	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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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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The Tsar's wise councillors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1115-pg29672-part21:t9:o2:1
# text = The Tsar's wise councillors
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	councillors	councillor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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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The Tsar's own servants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1115-pg29672-part21:t9:o3:1
# text = The Tsar's own servants
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Tsarevich and the Tsar's most trusted wise councillors of the court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1115-pg29672-part21:t9:o4:1
# text = The Tsarevich and the Tsar's most trusted wise councillors of the court
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Tsarevich	Tsarevich	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
7	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
8	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
9	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	councillors	councillor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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