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title: Bruh, what was the old woman doing with the flour? — Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Wise… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruh, what was the old woman doing with the flour? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 437 «Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Wise: the Prince forgets his bride, then the doves remind him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 12 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Wise: the Prince forgets…

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Bruh, what was the old woman doing with the flour?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old woman · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** old woman

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 437 «Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Wise: the Prince forgets his bride, then the doves remind him» 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/437-pg22373-part29/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:437-pg22373-part29:t12:1
# text = Bruh, what was the old woman doing with the flour?
1	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	flour	flour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the old woman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | the old woman *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the flour | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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 {#o1}

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Measuring the flour for a great feast for the wedding guests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:437-pg22373-part29:t12:o1:1
# text = Measuring the flour for a great feast for the wedding guests
1	Measuring	measure	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	flour	flour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** | gerund |  | the flour |  |  |  | for a great feast; for the wedding guests | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme flour=Value |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pouring it into a jar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:437-pg22373-part29:t12:o2:1
# text = Pouring it into a jar
1	Pouring	pour	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | gerund |  | it |  | a jar |  |  | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme into jar=Destination |

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

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Sifting it for a pie

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:437-pg22373-part29:t12:o3:1
# text = Sifting it for a pie
1	Sifting	sift	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pie	pie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sift** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | for a pie | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Location for pie=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Carrying the sacks of flour out to the palace cart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:437-pg22373-part29:t12:o4:1
# text = Carrying the sacks of flour out to the palace cart
1	Carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sacks	sack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	flour	flour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | gerund |  | the sacks of flour |  | the palace cart |  | out *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sack=Theme to cart=Destination |

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