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# Test 1 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yo, so the twins walk in with their lambskin caps on, right, and the cushions just drop one by one like dominoes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** twins, cushions · **What happens:** walk in, drop · **To what, where:** one

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1803 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest son's frog spins his linen» 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/1803-pg641-part54/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t1:1
# text = Yo, so the twins walk in with their lambskin caps on, right, and the cushions just drop one by one like dominoes?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	twins	twin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	lambskin	lambskin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	caps	cap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
12	on	on	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
14	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	cushions	cushion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
19	just	just	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	drop	drop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
21	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	obj	_	_
22	by	by	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nmod	_	_
24	like	like	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	dominoes	domino	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk in** | present | the twins |  |  |  |  | with twins's lambskin caps | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **drop** | present | the cushions | one |  |  |  | by one like dominoes | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent one=Theme by one=Destination |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, each time they sing, a cushion drops down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah, each time they sing, a cushion drops down
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sing	sing	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cushion	cushion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	drops	drop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	down	down	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | they |  |  |  | time |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **drop down** | present | a cushion |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the cushions stayed up the whole time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t1:o2:1
# text = Nah, the cushions stayed up the whole time
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cushions	cushion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay up** | past | the cushions |  |  |  | time |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, every time they sing a bit, another cushion crashes down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, every time they sing a bit, another cushion crashes down
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sing	sing	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	cushion	cushion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	crashes	crash	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	down	down	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | they | a bit |  |  | time |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bit=Theme |
| 2 | **crash down** | present | another cushion |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, the cushions only fell when the emperor stood up and walked out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t1:o4:1
# text = Nope, the cushions only fell when the emperor stood up and walked out
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cushions	cushion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	out	out	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | the cushions |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stand up** | past | the emperor |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **walk out** | past | the cushions *not said here* |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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