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title: the fence was made of what, be honest — Russian Fairy Tales, Vasilissa the Bea… · tree and pragmatics
description: the fence was made of what, be honest Test 5 · ★ of lesson 442 «Russian Fairy Tales, Vasilissa the Beautiful, part 34: Vasilissa goes to Baba Yaga's for a light and gets through an impossible task» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Vasilissa the Beautiful, part 34: Vas…

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the fence was made of what, be honest

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** make, be · **To what, where:** fence

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 442 «Russian Fairy Tales, Vasilissa the Beautiful, part 34: Vasilissa goes to Baba Yaga's for a light and gets through an impossible task» 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/442-pg22373-part34/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:442-pg22373-part34:t5:1
# text = the fence was made of what, be honest
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | the fence |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | honest *property* | tree rules |

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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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skulls and rib cages from a graveyard the stepmom dug up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:442-pg22373-part34:t5:o1:1
# text = skulls and rib cages from a graveyard the stepmom dug up
1	skulls	skull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	rib	rib	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cages	cage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	graveyard	graveyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stepmom	stepmom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	dug	dig	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig up** | participle · passive |  | skulls and rib cages |  | a graveyard |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from graveyard=Material |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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dead mens bones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:442-pg22373-part34:t5:o2:1
# text = dead mens bones
1	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	mens	men	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	compound	_	_
3	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bones with skulls on sticks, like spooky decor, all around

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:442-pg22373-part34:t5:o3:1
# text = bones with skulls on sticks, like spooky decor, all around
1	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	skulls	skull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	spooky	spooky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	decor	decor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	all	all	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	around	around	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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stone and clay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:442-pg22373-part34:t5:o4:1
# text = stone and clay
1	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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