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title: lowkey who gave ivan the best advice, the big bro or the little one? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Ivan… · tree and pragmatics
description: lowkey who gave ivan the best advice, the big bro or the little one? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1119 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Ivan and the Daughter of the Sun, part 1: Ivan buys incense, chooses a wife, and builds a hut» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 4 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Ivan and the Daughter of…

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lowkey who gave ivan the best advice, the big bro or the little one?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lowkey · **What happens:** give · **To what, where:** best advice, ivan

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1119 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Ivan and the Daughter of the Sun, part 1: Ivan buys incense, chooses a wife, and builds a hut» 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/1119-pg29672-part25/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1119-pg29672-part25:t4:1
# text = lowkey who gave ivan the best advice, the big bro or the little one?
1	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	iobj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | lowkey | the best advice | ivan |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ivan=Recipient advice=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 {#o1}

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The youngest brother, the one who had lived by the lake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1119-pg29672-part25:t4:o1:1
# text = The youngest brother, the one who had lived by the lake
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	lived	live	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past · perfect | the one |  |  |  |  | by the lake | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by lake=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The big brother, who spoke first and gave the longest advice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1119-pg29672-part25:t4:o2:1
# text = The big brother, who spoke first and gave the longest advice
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	longest	long	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the big brother |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **give** | past | the big brother *not said here* | the longest advice |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The middle brother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1119-pg29672-part25:t4:o3:1
# text = The middle brother
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	middle	middle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The youngest brother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1119-pg29672-part25:t4:o4:1
# text = The youngest brother
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	brother	brother	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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