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title: Mum says job one was massive, so cut down what, exactly? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Sister of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum says job one was massive, so cut down what, exactly? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1238 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Sister of the Sun, part 39: a ship saves the boy, and the king sets three tasks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 9 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Sister of the Sun, part 39: a shi…

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Mum says job one was massive, so cut down what, exactly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum, job · **What happens:** say, be, cut down · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1238 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Sister of the Sun, part 39: a ship saves the boy, and the king sets three tasks» 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/1238-pg3282-part39/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1238-pg3282-part39:t9:1
# text = Mum says job one was massive, so cut down what, exactly?
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	flat	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	cut	cut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
10	down	down	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | past | job |  |  |  |  | massive *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **cut down** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | exactly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset what=Product |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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a whole forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1238-pg3282-part39:t9:o1:1
# text = a whole forest
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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the trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1238-pg3282-part39:t9:o2:1
# text = the trees
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the palace garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1238-pg3282-part39:t9:o3:1
# text = the palace garden
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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an oak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1238-pg3282-part39:t9:o4:1
# text = an oak
1	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	oak	oak	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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**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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