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title: what's the deal with dyadka, is that like a name or a thing — Russian Fairy Tales, Katoma, Prince Iv… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's the deal with dyadka, is that like a name or a thing Test 9 · ★ 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 the 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Katoma, Prince Ivan and the cows: Kat…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what's the deal with dyadka, is that like a name or a thing

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** name, that · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** deal

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:465-pg22373-part57:t9:1
# text = what's the deal with dyadka, is that like a name or a thing
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	parataxis	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dyadka	dyadka	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	nsubj	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a name or a thing | the deal |  |  |  | with dyadka | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | like a name or a thing | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
an old guardian or tutor, now it just means uncle in everyday speech

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:465-pg22373-part57:t9:o1:1
# text = an old guardian or tutor, now it just means uncle in everyday speech
1	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	guardian	guardian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	tutor	tutor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	everyday	everyday	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | a old guardian or tutor | uncle |  |  | now | in everyday speech | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot uncle=Theme in speech=Attribute |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
an old guardian, now it means uncle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:465-pg22373-part57:t9:o2:1
# text = an old guardian, now it means uncle
1	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	guardian	guardian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | a old guardian | uncle |  |  | now |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent uncle=Topic |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a kind of hat, now it means uncle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:465-pg22373-part57:t9:o3:1
# text = a kind of hat, now it means uncle
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | a kind of hat | uncle |  |  | now |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent uncle=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:465-pg22373-part57:t9:o4:1
# text = a horse
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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