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title: what's a karbovantsya, is it like a dollar or what? — Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31:… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's a karbovantsya, is it like a dollar or what? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1125 «Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31: Ivan's millstone scatters robbers, and his magic fife sets a parson dancing into a hedge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 8 · ★ · Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31: Ivan's millstone sc…

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what's a karbovantsya, is it like a dollar or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dollar, karbovantsya · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** karbovantsya

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1125 «Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31: Ivan's millstone scatters robbers, and his magic fife sets a parson dancing into a hedge» 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/1125-pg29672-part31/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1125-pg29672-part31:t8:1
# text = what's a karbovantsya, is it like a dollar or what?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	karbovantsya	karbovantsya	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dollar	dollar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a dollar | a karbovantsya |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | a karbovantsya |  |  |  |  | like a dollar | 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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It's an old Ukrainian silver coin, worth about four shillings in the old days when people paid their rent in them

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1125-pg29672-part31:t8:o1:1
# text = It's an old Ukrainian silver coin, worth about four shillings in the old days when people paid their rent in them
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	shillings	shilling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
17	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	19	advmod	_	_
18	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
19	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
20	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	rent	rent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a old Ukrainian silver coin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pay** | past | people | people's rent |  |  |  | in shillings *= shilling* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rent=Asset |
| 3 | **rent** |  | people |  |  |  |  |  | nom rent «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It's a silver tool for weighing grain, not really money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1125-pg29672-part31:t8:o2:1
# text = It's a silver tool for weighing grain, not really money
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	tool	tool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	weighing	weigh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	really	really	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a silver tool and money |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **weigh** | gerund | a silver tool and money *not said here* | grain |  |  |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme grain=Value |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's an old Ukrainian coin, worth about four shillings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1125-pg29672-part31:t8:o3:1
# text = It's an old Ukrainian coin, worth about four shillings
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	shillings	shilling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a old Ukrainian coin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It's a Ukrainian dessert made from honey, cream and sugar, and people eat it at weddings and funerals

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1125-pg29672-part31:t8:o4:1
# text = It's a Ukrainian dessert made from honey, cream and sugar, and people eat it at weddings and funerals
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dessert	dessert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
16	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	weddings	wedding	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	funerals	funeral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a Ukrainian dessert |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | a Ukrainian dessert *not said here* |  | honey and cream and sugar |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from honey=Material |
| 3 | **eat** | present | people | sugar |  | weddings and funerals |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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