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description: so the princess confessed all her sins, did she really mean it Test 13 · ★ of lesson 465 «Russian Fairy Tales, Katoma, Prince Ivan and the cows: Katoma swaps clothes with Prince Ivan and tears off a cow's hide» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 13 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Katoma, Prince Ivan and the cows: Kat…

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so the princess confessed all her sins, did she really mean it

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** princess · **What happens:** confess, mean · **To what, where:** sins, it

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 465 «Russian Fairy Tales, Katoma, Prince Ivan and the cows: Katoma swaps clothes with Prince Ivan and tears off a cow's hide» 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/465-pg22373-part57/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:465-pg22373-part57:t13:1
# text = so the princess confessed all her sins, did she really mean it
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	confessed	confess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	sins	sin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	really	really	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confess** | past | the princess | princess's sins |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sin=Topic |
| 2 | **mean** | past · do-support | princess | it |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, she only confessed the small sins and kept the big ones hidden from him

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:465-pg22373-part57:t13:o1:1
# text = nah, she only confessed the small sins and kept the big ones hidden from him
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	confessed	confess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sins	sin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
14	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confess** | past | she | the small sins |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sin=Topic |
| 2 | **keep** | past | she *not said here* | the big ones |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 3 | **hide** | participle |  | the big ones *not said here* |  |  |  | from him *= he* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from he=Beneficiary |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, she confessed all her sins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:465-pg22373-part57:t13:o2:1
# text = yeah, she confessed all her sins
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	confessed	confess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	sins	sin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confess** | past | she | her sins |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sin=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, she confessed some of her lies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:465-pg22373-part57:t13:o3:1
# text = nah, she confessed some of her lies
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	confessed	confess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confess** | past | she | some |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Topic |
| 2 | **lie** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom lie «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, she confessed all her sins to Ivan right in front of the court

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:465-pg22373-part57:t13:o4:1
# text = yeah, she confessed all her sins to Ivan right in front of the court
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	confessed	confess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	sins	sin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	right	right	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confess** | past | she | her sins | Ivan | front of the court |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sin=Topic to ivan=Recipient |

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