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title: Wait, what's a Genii thing, like a ghost? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's You… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, what's a Genii thing, like a ghost? Test 9 · ★ 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 question 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's Youngest Daughter, part…

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Wait, what's a Genii thing, like a ghost?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** Genii thing

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1806-pg641-part57:t9:1
# text = Wait, what's a Genii thing, like a ghost?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Genii	Genii	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ghost	ghost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	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* |  |  |  |  | like a ghost | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | a Genii thing |  |  |  |  | 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 sort of spirit or wicked ghost that haunts the old mountain pass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1806-pg641-part57:t9:o1:1
# text = a sort of spirit or wicked ghost that haunts the old mountain pass
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ghost	ghost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	haunts	haunt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	pass	pass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **haunt** | present | a sort of spirit or wicked ghost | the old mountain pass |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pass=Experiencer |
| 2 | **sort** |  |  | spirit |  |  |  |  | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a kind of spirit, like a genie, that lives in lamps and bottles

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1806-pg641-part57:t9:o2:1
# text = a kind of spirit, like a genie, that lives in lamps and bottles
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	genie	genie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	bottles	bottle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | a kind of spirit and a genie |  |  | lamps and bottles |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lamp=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a spirit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1806-pg641-part57:t9:o3:1
# text = a spirit
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a kind of spirit like a genie

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1806-pg641-part57:t9:o4:1
# text = a kind of spirit like a genie
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	genie	genie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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