--- title: Wait, what's Likho even mean, like in plain talk? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likh… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, what's Likho even mean, like in plain talk? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 450 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likho: a smith tricks an old woman, loses his hand, and runs home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/450-pg22373-part42/t10/) [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 Likh…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/450-pg22373-part42/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likho: a smith tricks an… Wait, what's Likho even mean, like in plain talk? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be, mean · **To what, where:** Likho This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 450 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likho: a smith tricks an old woman, loses his hand, and runs home» 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/450-pg22373-part42/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:t10:1 # text = Wait, what's Likho even mean, like in plain talk? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 Likho Likho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 6 even even ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 plain plain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | | Likho | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **mean** | present | | | | | | like plain talk | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | 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 {#o1} Some kind of monstrous forest demon who eats travelers and lives in the woods ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:t10:o1:1 # text = Some kind of monstrous forest demon who eats travelers and lives in the woods 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 monstrous monstrous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 demon demon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 travelers traveler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | monstrous forest demon | travelers | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent traveler=Patient | | 2 | **live** | present | monstrous forest demon *not said here* | | | the woods | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} A wicked forest spirit who ruins people's lives and steals their wealth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:t10:o2:1 # text = A wicked forest spirit who ruins people's lives and steals their wealth 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 ruins ruin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 steals steal VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ruin** | present | a wicked forest spirit | people's lives | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Patient | | 2 | **steal** | present | a wicked forest spirit *not said here* | lives's wealth | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wealth=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Evil or misfortune, like bad luck ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:t10:o3:1 # text = Evil or misfortune, like bad luck 1 Evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 or or CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 misfortune misfortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Curse or doom, like bad fate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:t10:o4:1 # text = Curse or doom, like bad fate 1 Curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 or or CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 doom doom NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` 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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