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description: So the Dnieper flowed right over the mountain, sick. What were the store-houses for? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1127 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Magic Egg, part 33: the egg breaks, the dragon claims Ivan, and his three tasks begin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 10 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Magic Egg, part 33: the egg breaks…

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So the Dnieper flowed right over the mountain, sick. What were the store-houses for?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dnieper, store houses · **What happens:** flow, be · **To what, where:** mountain

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1127 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Magic Egg, part 33: the egg breaks, the dragon claims Ivan, and his three tasks begin» 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/1127-pg29672-part33/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* So the Dnieper flowed right over the mountain, sick.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:t10:1
# text = So the Dnieper flowed right over the mountain, sick.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Dnieper	Dnieper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	flowed	flow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	right	right	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flow** | past | the Dnieper |  |  | the mountain |  | right *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over mountain=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What were the store-houses for?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:t10:2
# text = What were the store-houses for?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	store	store	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nsubj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the store houses |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To keep the flood water away from the fields

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:t10:o1:1
# text = To keep the flood water away from the fields
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | the flood water |  | the fields |  | away *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer water=Beneficiary from field=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Storing the wheat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:t10:o2:1
# text = Storing the wheat
1	Storing	store	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** | gerund |  | the wheat |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheat=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Storing the wheat from the flooded valley fields

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:t10:o3:1
# text = Storing the wheat from the flooded valley fields
1	Storing	store	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	flooded	flood	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
7	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** | gerund |  | the wheat |  | the flooded valley fields |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheat=Theme |
| 2 | **flood** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Keeping the seed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:t10:o4:1
# text = Keeping the seed
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  | the seed |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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