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title: Mate, who even is Need in them Tula bits? — Russian Folk-Tales, Woe the Woeful, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, who even is Need in them Tula bits? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 452 «Russian Folk-Tales, Woe the Woeful, part 44: the rich brother drowns Woe, then Need, Kruchina and the Zluidni turn up in other tales» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 4 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Woe the Woeful, part 44: the rich brot…

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Mate, who even is Need in them Tula bits?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate · **What happens:** be, bit · **To what, where:** Need

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 452 «Russian Folk-Tales, Woe the Woeful, part 44: the rich brother drowns Woe, then Need, Kruchina and the Zluidni turn up in other tales» 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/452-pg22373-part44/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:452-pg22373-part44:t4:1
# text = Mate, who even is Need in them Tula bits?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	Need	Need	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
9	Tula	Tula	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Need |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bit** |  | Mate and Tula bits |  |  |  |  |  | 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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Nuzhda, the same sort of misery as Woe, but kept in a horse's head

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:452-pg22373-part44:t4:o1:1
# text = Nuzhda, the same sort of misery as Woe, but kept in a horse's head
1	Nuzhda	Nuzhda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	misery	misery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Woe	Woe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | participle |  | Nuzhda *not said here* |  | a horse's head |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in head=Location |
| 2 | **sort** |  |  | misery |  |  |  | as Woe | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient as=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nuzhda, the same sort of misery as Woe, the brothers' spirit from Tula

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:452-pg22373-part44:t4:o2:1
# text = Nuzhda, the same sort of misery as Woe, the brothers' spirit from Tula
1	Nuzhda	Nuzhda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	misery	misery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Woe	Woe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Tula	Tula	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sort** |  |  | misery |  |  |  | as Woe | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient as=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nuzhda, a goblin who lives in a house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:452-pg22373-part44:t4:o3:1
# text = Nuzhda, a goblin who lives in a house
1	Nuzhda	Nuzhda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	goblin	goblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | a goblin |  |  | a house |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |

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

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Nuzhda, the same sort of misery as Woe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:452-pg22373-part44:t4:o4:1
# text = Nuzhda, the same sort of misery as Woe
1	Nuzhda	Nuzhda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	misery	misery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Woe	Woe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sort** |  |  | misery |  |  |  | as Woe | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient as=obl |

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