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title: lol the Baba Yaga's house had heads on sticks, right? — Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol the Baba Yaga's house had heads on sticks, right? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 429 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 21: Ivan is slain and revived, then tricks the Baba Yaga's mares and is helped by the creatures he spared» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Test 7 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 21: Ivan is slain…

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lol the Baba Yaga's house had heads on sticks, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** house · **What happens:** have · **To what, where:** heads, sticks

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 429 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 21: Ivan is slain and revived, then tricks the Baba Yaga's mares and is helped by the creatures he spared» 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/429-pg22373-part21/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t7:1
# text = lol the Baba Yaga's house had heads on sticks, right?
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Baba	Baba	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Yaga	Yaga	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
12	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the Baba Yaga's house | heads |  | sticks |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient |

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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 -->
yeah, eleven heads and one empty stick, all facing the road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t7:o1:1
# text = yeah, eleven heads and one empty stick, all facing the road
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	nsubj	_	_
11	facing	face	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **face** | gerund | all | the road |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme road=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, twelve skulls on poles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t7:o2:1
# text = yeah, twelve skulls on poles
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	skulls	skull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	poles	pole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, eleven heads on sticks and one empty stick waiting for Ivan's head

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t7:o3:1
# text = yeah, eleven heads on sticks and one empty stick waiting for Ivan's head
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | gerund | one empty stick *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for Ivan's head | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, eleven heads and one empty stick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t7:o4:1
# text = yeah, eleven heads and one empty stick
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

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