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title: Lol, what did Katoma nick off the road? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lol, what did Katoma nick off the road? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 462 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and the Cripple, part 1: Prince Ivan defeats the whirlwind Vikhor and sets out to woo Anna the Fair» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 12 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and the Cripple, part 1:…

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Lol, what did Katoma nick off the road?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Katoma nick

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 462 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and the Cripple, part 1: Prince Ivan defeats the whirlwind Vikhor and sets out to woo Anna the Fair» 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/462-pg22373-part54/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:t12:1
# text = Lol, what did Katoma nick off the road?
1	Lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Katoma	Katoma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	nick	Nick	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | Katoma nick |  |  |  | off the road | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nick=Eventuality |

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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 {#o1}

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A purse full of money that some merchant had dropped on the road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:t12:o1:1
# text = A purse full of money that some merchant had dropped on the road
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	purse	purse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obj	_	_
7	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past · perfect · passive |  | some merchant |  | the road |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme that=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A purse full of money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:t12:o2:1
# text = A purse full of money
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	purse	purse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A letter sealed with red wax from a king who lives far to the north

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:t12:o3:1
# text = A letter sealed with red wax from a king who lives far to the north
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	sealed	seal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wax	wax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seal** | participle |  | a letter *not said here* |  |  |  | with red wax; from a king | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **live** | present | a king |  |  |  |  | to the north; far *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A purse full of coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:t12:o4:1
# text = A purse full of coins
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	purse	purse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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

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