--- title: ok so the peasant was like a fish in ice? — Russian Folk-Tales, Woe and the Peasan… · tree and pragmatics description: ok so the peasant was like a fish in ice? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 451 «Russian Folk-Tales, Woe and the Peasant, part 43: the peasant buries Woe under a stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wro --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/451-pg22373-part43/t12/) [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, Woe and the Peasan…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/451-pg22373-part43/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Woe and the Peasant, part 43: the peas… ok so the peasant was like a fish in ice? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** peasant · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** ice This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 451 «Russian Folk-Tales, Woe and the Peasant, part 43: the peasant buries Woe under a stone» 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/451-pg22373-part43/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:451-pg22373-part43:t12:1 # text = ok so the peasant was like a fish in ice? 1 ok ok INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ _ 2 so so SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the peasant | | | ice | | like a fish | tree rules | 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} yeah, he fought hard and escaped at last ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:451-pg22373-part43:t12:o1:1 # text = yeah, he fought hard and escaped at last 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 escaped escape VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | past | he | | | | | hard *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **escape** | past | he *not said here* | | | last | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} nope, he escaped quickly by riding ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:451-pg22373-part43:t12:o2:1 # text = nope, he escaped quickly by riding 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 escaped escape VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 by by SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 riding ride VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **escape** | past | he | | | | | quickly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **ride** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} nope, he got out easily with a rope ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:451-pg22373-part43:t12:o3:1 # text = nope, he got out easily with a rope 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 easily easily ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get out** | past | he | | | | | with a rope; easily, out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} yeah, he struggled and got nowhere fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:451-pg22373-part43:t12:o4:1 # text = yeah, he struggled and got nowhere fast 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 struggled struggle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 nowhere nowhere ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 8 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **struggle** | past | he | | | | | | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **get** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | fast, nowhere *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **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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