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title: dude, what did the Moon's mom say was in the air? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Serpent-Tsare… · tree and pragmatics
description: dude, what did the Moon's mom say was in the air? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1121 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Serpent-Tsarevich, part 27: the bride trades apples for nights with her husband» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 8 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Serpent-Tsarevich, part 27: the b…

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dude, what did the Moon's mom say was in the air?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dude · **What happens:** do, say, be · **To what, where:** mom, air · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1121 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Serpent-Tsarevich, part 27: the bride trades apples for nights with her husband» 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/1121-pg29672-part27/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1121-pg29672-part27:t8:1
# text = dude, what did the Moon's mom say was in the air?
1	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	mom	mom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | dude | the Moon's mom |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mom=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | dude |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **be** | past |  |  |  | the air |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Location |

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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 strong smell of Cossack bones and blood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1121-pg29672-part27:t8:o1:1
# text = a strong smell of Cossack bones and blood
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	Cossack	cossack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** |  | Cossack bones |  |  |  |  |  | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the stench of roasting meat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1121-pg29672-part27:t8:o2:1
# text = the stench of roasting meat
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stench	stench	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	roasting	roast	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roast** | gerund | the stench *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a sharp smell of Cossack bones lying in the yard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1121-pg29672-part27:t8:o3:1
# text = a sharp smell of Cossack bones lying in the yard
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	Cossack	cossack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | gerund | a sharp smell of Cossack bones *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in the yard | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in yard=Location |
| 2 | **smell** |  | Cossack bones |  |  |  |  |  | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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a smell of Cossack bones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1121-pg29672-part27:t8:o4:1
# text = a smell of Cossack bones
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Cossack	cossack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** |  | Cossack bones |  |  |  |  |  | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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