--- title: ok, so was the riddle ever solved? — Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and K… · tree and pragmatics description: ok, so was the riddle ever solved? Test 11 · ★ 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 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/463-pg22373-part55/t11/) [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 Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and K…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/463-pg22373-part55/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and Katoma, part 55: the… ok, so was the riddle ever solved? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** solve · **To what, where:** riddle This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:t11:1 # text = ok, so was the riddle ever solved? 1 ok ok INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 8 advmod _ _ 8 solved solve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **solve** | past · passive | | the riddle | | | ever | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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} Yes, Ivan got it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:t11:o1:1 # text = Yes, Ivan got it 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | Ivan | it | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Yes, Katoma solved it fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:t11:o2:1 # text = Yes, Katoma solved it fast 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Katoma Katoma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 solved solve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **solve** | past | Katoma | it | | | | fast *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nope, the Prince guessed it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:t11:o3:1 # text = Nope, the Prince guessed it 1 Nope nope INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 guessed guess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guess** | past | the Prince | it | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Nope, the Princess never got it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:t11:o4:1 # text = Nope, the Princess never got it 1 Nope nope INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **get** | past | the Princess | it | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | **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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