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title: Was the coachman really a hero or a liar, innit? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Prince and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the coachman really a hero or a liar, innit? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1123 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Prince and the Six-Headed Dragon, the Prince slays it but the coachman steals the glory» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 8 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Prince and the Six-Headed Dragon,…

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Was the coachman really a hero or a liar, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** coachman · **What happens:** be, innit · **To what, where:** hero

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1123 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Prince and the Six-Headed Dragon, the Prince slays it but the coachman steals the glory» 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/1123-pg29672-part29/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:t8:1
# text = Was the coachman really a hero or a liar, innit?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	coachman	coachman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	liar	liar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the coachman | a hero or a liar |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive | the coachman *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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}

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a knight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:t8:o1:1
# text = a knight
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a thief

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:t8:o2:1
# text = a thief
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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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a brave and honest hero

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:t8:o3:1
# text = a brave and honest hero
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	hero	hero	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}

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a liar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:t8:o4:1
# text = a liar
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	liar	liar	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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