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title: Lol, the lucky penny, what was that the dad offered him? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Magic Egg, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lol, the lucky penny, what was that the dad offered him? Test 4 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 4 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Magic Egg, part 33: the egg breaks…

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Lol, the lucky penny, what was that the dad offered him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lucky penny · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** him

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:t4:1
# text = Lol, the lucky penny, what was that the dad offered him?
1	Lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	penny	penny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:outer	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	obj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	offered	offer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the lucky penny |  | him *= he* |  |  | offer *property* | 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 lucky penny for his long journey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:t4:o1:1
# text = A lucky penny for his long journey
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	penny	penny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **journey** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A small penny said to bring good luck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:t4:o2:1
# text = A small penny said to bring good luck
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	penny	penny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a small penny |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **bring** | to-infinitive | a small penny *not said here* | good luck |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent luck=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A golden cup

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:t4:o3:1
# text = A golden cup
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A lucky penny

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:t4:o4:1
# text = A lucky penny
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	penny	penny	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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