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title: fam, what does the proverb say about women? — Russian Folk-Tales, Petrusha and the D… · tree and pragmatics
description: fam, what does the proverb say about women? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 417 «Russian Folk-Tales, Petrusha and the Devil: the horse turns out to be his father» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 13 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Petrusha and the Devil: the horse turn…

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fam, what does the proverb say about women?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fam · **What happens:** do, say · **To what, where:** proverb · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 417 «Russian Folk-Tales, Petrusha and the Devil: the horse turns out to be his father» 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/417-pg22373-part9/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:417-pg22373-part9:t13:1
# text = fam, what does the proverb say about women?
1	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	proverb	proverb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | fam | the proverb |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proverb=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | fam |  |  |  |  | about women | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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Women have long hair and short wits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:417-pg22373-part9:t13:o1:1
# text = Women have long hair and short wits
1	Women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	wits	wit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Women | long hair and short wits |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Men have short hair and long wits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:417-pg22373-part9:t13:o2:1
# text = Men have short hair and long wits
1	Men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	wits	wit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Men | short hair and long wits |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A woman who speaks loudly has long hair and never listens to her husband

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:417-pg22373-part9:t13:o3:1
# text = A woman who speaks loudly has long hair and never listens to her husband
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	speaks	speak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	listens	listen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | a woman |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** | present | a woman | long hair |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **listen** | present | a woman *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to woman's husband | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to husband=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Women have long hair and short wits, as every village knows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:417-pg22373-part9:t13:o4:1
# text = Women have long hair and short wits, as every village knows
1	Women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	wits	wit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Women | long hair and short wits |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient |
| 2 | **know** | present | every village |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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