--- title: Dude, what was that mace thing? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and… · tree and pragmatics description: Dude, what was that mace thing? Test 5 · ★ 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 question and o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/462-pg22373-part54/t5/) [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 Blind Man and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/462-pg22373-part54/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and the Cripple, part 1:… Dude, what was that mace thing? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dude · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** mace thing This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:t5:1 # text = Dude, what was that mace thing? 1 Dude dude NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 6 mace mace NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Dude and that mace thing | that mace thing | | | | | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Vikhor's battle club he nicked ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:t5:o1:1 # text = Vikhor's battle club he nicked 1 Vikhor Vikhor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 club club NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 nicked nick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **nick** | past | Vikhor's battle club | | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Vikhor's battle axe he nicked ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:t5:o2:1 # text = Vikhor's battle axe he nicked 1 Vikhor Vikhor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 nicked nick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **nick** | past | Vikhor's battle axe | | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Some kind of big old sword that Vikhor left leaning against the wall of the palace yard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:t5:o3:1 # text = Some kind of big old sword that Vikhor left leaning against the wall of the palace yard 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 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 Vikhor Vikhor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 leaning lean VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 11 against against ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | big old sword | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lean** | gerund | some kind of big old sword *not said here* | | | the wall of the palace yard | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent against wall=Location | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Vikhor's battle club he nicked from the guards in the hall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:t5:o4:1 # text = Vikhor's battle club he nicked from the guards in the hall 1 Vikhor Vikhor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 club club NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 nicked nick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **nick** | past | Vikhor's battle club | | | the guards | | in the hall | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | **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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