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title: yo, did the Princess really make Ivan chop that iron pillar? — Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and K… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo, did the Princess really make Ivan chop that iron pillar? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 463 «Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and Katoma, part 55: the Princess ties Prince Ivan to her carriage and Katoma is left on a stump» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Test 1 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and Katoma, part 55: the…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yo, did the Princess really make Ivan chop that iron pillar?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Princess, that · **What happens:** make, pillar · **To what, where:** Ivan chop

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 463 «Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and Katoma, part 55: the Princess ties Prince Ivan to her carriage and Katoma is left on a stump» 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/463-pg22373-part55/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:t1:1
# text = yo, did the Princess really make Ivan chop that iron pillar?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	chop	chop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	pillar	pillar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · do-support | the Princess | Ivan chop and iron pillar |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chop=Product |
| 2 | **pillar** |  | that |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yup, the whole thing, into chunks for the cook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:t1:o1:1
# text = Yup, the whole thing, into chunks for the cook
1	Yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	chunks	chunk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, he only chopped one piece of it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:t1:o2:1
# text = Nope, he only chopped one piece of it
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	chopped	chop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop** | past | he | one piece of piece |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yup, she made him cut it up for the cook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:t1:o3:1
# text = Yup, she made him cut it up for the cook
1	Yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | she | him *= he* |  |  |  | Yup *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cut up** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | Yup |  |  |  | for the cook | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Material for cook=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, all of it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, all of it
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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