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title: yo so the witch fakes her voice, right? — Russian Folk-Tales, Ivashko, part 36:… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo so the witch fakes her voice, right? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 444 «Russian Folk-Tales, Ivashko, part 36: the witch tricks Ivashko's voice, but he tricks Alenka and escapes up an oak» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 1 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Ivashko, part 36: the witch tricks Iva…

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yo so the witch fakes her voice, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** yo · **What happens:** fake · **To what, where:** voice

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 444 «Russian Folk-Tales, Ivashko, part 36: the witch tricks Ivashko's voice, but he tricks Alenka and escapes up an oak» 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/444-pg22373-part36/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:444-pg22373-part36:t1:1
# text = yo so the witch fakes her voice, right?
1	yo	yo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	fakes	fake	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
9	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fake** | present | yo so the witch | yo's voice |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=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}

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she copies his mother's voice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:444-pg22373-part36:t1:o1:1
# text = she copies his mother's voice
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	copies	copy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | present | she | his mother's voice |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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she uses a magic spell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:444-pg22373-part36:t1:o2:1
# text = she uses a magic spell
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | she | a magic spell |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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she borrows a voice from a bird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:444-pg22373-part36:t1:o3:1
# text = she borrows a voice from a bird
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	borrows	borrow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **borrow** | present | she | a voice |  |  |  | from a bird | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent voice=Theme from bird=Source |

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

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she gets a smith to make it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:444-pg22373-part36:t1:o4:1
# text = she gets a smith to make it
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	smith	smith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | she | a smith |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer smith=Stimulus |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | smith |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

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