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title: fr, did Helena pick Vanya in his raggedy coat or his fancy outfit? — Russian Folk-Tales, Princess Helena th… · tree and pragmatics
description: fr, did Helena pick Vanya in his raggedy coat or his fancy outfit? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 466 «Russian Folk-Tales, Princess Helena the Fair: Vanya wins the princess on his dead father's magic horse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 4 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Princess Helena the Fair: Vanya wins t…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr, did Helena pick Vanya in his raggedy coat or his fancy outfit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Helena · **What happens:** pick · **To what, where:** fr, raggedy coat

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 466 «Russian Folk-Tales, Princess Helena the Fair: Vanya wins the princess on his dead father's magic horse» 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/466-pg22373-part58/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:466-pg22373-part58:t4:1
# text = fr, did Helena pick Vanya in his raggedy coat or his fancy outfit?
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Helena	Helena	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	Vanya	Vanya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	raggedy	raggedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	outfit	outfit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | past · do-support | Helena | fr |  | Helena's raggedy coat or Helena's fancy outfit |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vanya=Patient |

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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 -->
the raggedy coat, he was in plain clothes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:466-pg22373-part58:t4:o1:1
# text = the raggedy coat, he was in plain clothes
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	raggedy	raggedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	3	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  | plain clothes |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the fancy outfit he was wearing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:466-pg22373-part58:t4:o2:1
# text = the fancy outfit he was wearing
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	outfit	outfit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past · progressive | he | the fancy outfit *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent outfit=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the fancy outfit, he dressed up in silk and gold before the gathering so she would notice him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:466-pg22373-part58:t4:o3:1
# text = the fancy outfit, he dressed up in silk and gold before the gathering so she would notice him
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	outfit	outfit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	dressed	dress	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	before	before	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	gathering	gathering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
16	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	notice	notice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dress up** | past | the fancy outfit |  |  | silk and gold | before the gathering |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **notice** | would | she | outfit |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the shiny coat from the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:466-pg22373-part58:t4:o4:1
# text = the shiny coat from the palace
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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