--- title: So the Demon was basically undercover, right? Pretending to be what? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the… · tree and pragmatics description: So the Demon was basically undercover, right? Pretending to be what? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 421 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon, part 13: a Spider tricks the gnats, then a Smith's son torments a painted Demon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/421-pg22373-part13/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/421-pg22373-part13/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon, part 13: a Sp… So the Demon was basically undercover, right? Pretending to be what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Demon · **What happens:** be, pretend This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 421 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon, part 13: a Spider tricks the gnats, then a Smith's son torments a painted Demon» 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/421-pg22373-part13/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* So the Demon was basically undercover, right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:421-pg22373-part13:t7:1 # text = So the Demon was basically undercover, right? 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Demon Demon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 basically basically ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 undercover undercover ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 right right INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Demon | | | | | basically, undercover *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Pretending to be what? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:421-pg22373-part13:t7:2 # text = Pretending to be what? 1 Pretending pretend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} a stranger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:421-pg22373-part13:t7:o1:1 # text = a stranger 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} an apprentice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:421-pg22373-part13:t7:o2:1 # text = an apprentice 1 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 apprentice apprentice NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a young apprentice working at the forge ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:421-pg22373-part13:t7:o3:1 # text = a young apprentice working at the forge 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 apprentice apprentice NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 working work VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 forge forge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | gerund | a young apprentice *not said here* | | | | | at the forge | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at forge=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} a handsome youth from a distant village ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:421-pg22373-part13:t7:o4:1 # text = a handsome youth from a distant village 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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