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title: Wait, an ox came out of the egg?! Pure mad. What did the she-dragon… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Magic Egg, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, an ox came out of the egg?! Pure mad. What did the she-dragon want for fixing it? Test 6 · ★ 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
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# Test 6 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Magic Egg, part 33: the egg breaks…

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Wait, an ox came out of the egg?! Pure mad. What did the she-dragon want for fixing it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, ox, she dragon · **What happens:** wait, come out, do, want, fix · **To what, where:** egg, dragon

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Wait, an ox came out of the egg?!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:t6:1
# text = Wait, an ox came out of the egg?!
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ox	ox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?!	?!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **come out** | past | a ox | the egg |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient egg=Result |

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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:* Pure mad.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:t6:2
# text = Pure mad.
1	Pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What did the she-dragon want for fixing it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:t6:3
# text = What did the she-dragon want for fixing it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	fixing	fix	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **want** | present | the she dragon |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **fix** *not said to happen* | gerund | the she dragon *not said here* | dragon |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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His ox

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:t6:o1:1
# text = His ox
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	ox	ox	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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Silver

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:t6:o2:1
# text = Silver
1	Silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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What he had at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:t6:o3:1
# text = What he had at home
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | he |  |  | home |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His wife and kids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:t6:o4:1
# text = His wife and kids
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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