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title: So the horse is actually a bit of a legend, innit? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's You… · tree and pragmatics
description: So the horse is actually a bit of a legend, innit? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1806 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's Youngest Daughter, part 57: the princess beats three monsters and swaps the genius's flowers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 11 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's Youngest Daughter, part…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So the horse is actually a bit of a legend, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** horse · **What happens:** be, innit · **To what, where:** bit

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1806 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's Youngest Daughter, part 57: the princess beats three monsters and swaps the genius's flowers» 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/1806-pg641-part57/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1806-pg641-part57:t11:1
# text = So the horse is actually a bit of a legend, innit?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the horse | a bit |  |  |  | of a legend; actually *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he's a magician and knows loads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1806-pg641-part57:t11:o1:1
# text = yeah, he's a magician and knows loads
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | he | a magician |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | present | he *not said here* | loads |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer load=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he's a magician and knows loads about all the dangers ahead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1806-pg641-part57:t11:o2:1
# text = yeah, he's a magician and knows loads about all the dangers ahead
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	13	det:predet	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	dangers	danger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
14	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | he | a magician |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | present | he *not said here* | loads |  |  |  | about all dangers | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer load=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he's a plain old horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1806-pg641-part57:t11:o3:1
# text = nah, he's a plain old horse
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | he | a plain old horse |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, not really, but he's a magician who warned her and knows tons

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1806-pg641-part57:t11:o4:1
# text = nah, not really, but he's a magician who warned her and knows tons
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	warned	warn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
16	tons	ton	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | he | a magician |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | a magician |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 3 | **know** | present | a magician *not said here* | tons |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer ton=Stimulus |

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