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title: Where did the author say these foolish tales can be found? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Where did the author say these foolish tales can be found? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 420 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the ox sold to the Birch, the gold, and the goat's head» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 12 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the ox sold to the Birc…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Where did the author say these foolish tales can be found?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** author · **What happens:** be, say, find · **To what, where:** foolish tales · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 420 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the ox sold to the Birch, the gold, and the goat's head» 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/420-pg22373-part12/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:t12:1
# text = Where did the author say these foolish tales can be found?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
6	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
7	foolish	foolish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the author |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **find** | can · passive |  | this foolish tales |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

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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}

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Everywhere the old tales are told, from Siberia to the highlands of Scotland and beyond

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:t12:o1:1
# text = Everywhere the old tales are told, from Siberia to the highlands of Scotland and beyond
1	Everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Siberia	Siberia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	iobj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	highlands	highland	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	beyond	beyond	ADV	RB	_	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | the old tales | Siberia |  |  | to the highlands of Scotland; everywhere *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient siberia=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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In many lands, including Scotland

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:t12:o2:1
# text = In many lands, including Scotland
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	including	including	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
All over the world, even in Scotland

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:t12:o3:1
# text = All over the world, even in Scotland
1	All	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	over	over	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
All over the world, even in Scotland, Ireland, and deep into the Russian steppe

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:t12:o4:1
# text = All over the world, even in Scotland, Ireland, and deep into the Russian steppe
1	All	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	over	over	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
14	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	Russian	Russian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	steppe	steppe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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

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