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# Test 11 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, King Frost: the stepmother's daughter…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what's the tree in the Sun-Hero bit, and what's it for?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** tree, Hero bit

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1725 «Russian Folk-Tales, King Frost: the stepmother's daughter is frozen while the girl is saved» 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/1725-pg640-part49/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1725-pg640-part49:t11:1
# text = what's the tree in the Sun-Hero bit, and what's it for?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the tree |  | the Hero bit |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a huge oak tree that grows in the far north, to bring back a silver apple for his dad

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1725-pg640-part49:t11:o1:1
# text = a huge oak tree that grows in the far north, to bring back a silver apple for his dad
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
14	back	back	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | a huge oak tree |  |  | the far north |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in north=Location |
| 2 | **bring back** | to-infinitive | a huge oak tree *not said here* | a silver apple |  |  |  | for his dad | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent apple=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the Tree of Life, for a silver fruit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1725-pg640-part49:t11:o2:1
# text = the Tree of Life, for a silver fruit
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Tree	Tree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Life	Life	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the Tree of the Sun, guarded by wolves, to pick a golden apple for the king

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1725-pg640-part49:t11:o3:1
# text = the Tree of the Sun, guarded by wolves, to pick a golden apple for the king
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Tree	Tree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	guarded	guard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	pick	pick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | participle | the Tree of the Sun |  |  |  |  | by wolves | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pick** | to-infinitive |  | a golden apple |  |  |  | for the king | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent apple=Theme for king=Beneficiary |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the Tree of the Sun, to pick a golden apple

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1725-pg640-part49:t11:o4:1
# text = the Tree of the Sun, to pick a golden apple
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Tree	Tree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	pick	pick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | to-infinitive | the Tree of the Sun | a golden apple |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Patient |

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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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