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title: Mate, why'd the egg crack? Did he trip on a rock or sum? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Magic Egg, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, why'd the egg crack? Did he trip on a rock or sum? Test 5 · ★ 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 5 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Magic Egg, part 33: the egg breaks…

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Mate, why'd the egg crack? Did he trip on a rock or sum?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** trip · **To what, where:** rock

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mate, why'd the egg crack?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:t5:1
# text = Mate, why'd the egg crack?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Did he trip on a rock or sum?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:t5:2
# text = Did he trip on a rock or sum?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	trip	trip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trip** | past · do-support | he |  |  | a rock or sum |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rock=Trajectory |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He stumbled over a rock beside the spring water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:t5:o1:1
# text = He stumbled over a rock beside the spring water
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stumbled	stumble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stumble** | past | He |  |  | a rock |  | beside the spring water | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over rock=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He stumbled at the spring when his foot slipped in the mud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:t5:o2:1
# text = He stumbled at the spring when his foot slipped in the mud
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stumbled	stumble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stumble** | past | He |  |  |  | spring |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **slip** | past | his foot |  |  |  |  | in the mud | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in mud=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He slipped on the ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:t5:o3:1
# text = He slipped on the ice
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slip** | past | He |  |  | the ice |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He stumbled at the spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:t5:o4:1
# text = He stumbled at the spring
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stumbled	stumble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stumble** | past | He |  |  |  | spring |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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