--- title: lol the soldier was gone for fifteen years, did he even miss his fam… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier's Midn… · tree and pragmatics description: lol the soldier was gone for fifteen years, did he even miss his family? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 469 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier's Midnight Watch, part 1: a priest's son outwits a witch princess, then a soldier is warned about a merchant's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/469-pg22373-part61/t7/) [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 Folk-Tales, The Soldier's Midn…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/469-pg22373-part61/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier's Midnight Watch, part 1:… lol the soldier was gone for fifteen years, did he even miss his family? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** soldier, he · **What happens:** be, miss · **To what, where:** family This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 469 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier's Midnight Watch, part 1: a priest's son outwits a witch princess, then a soldier is warned about a merchant's daughter» 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/469-pg22373-part61/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:469-pg22373-part61:t7:1 # text = lol the soldier was gone for fifteen years, did he even miss his family? 1 lol lol INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 even even ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 miss miss VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the soldier | | | | year | gone *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **miss** | past · do-support | he | his family | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer family=Stimulus | 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} nah, he was too busy with the war and the mare to even think about them at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:469-pg22373-part61:t7:o1:1 # text = nah, he was too busy with the war and the mare to even think about them at all 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 14 even even ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 16 about about ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | with the war and the mare; busy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | all | | about war | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about they=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} nah, not really ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:469-pg22373-part61:t7:o2:1 # text = nah, not really 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} nah, he forgot them pretty fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:469-pg22373-part61:t7:o3:1 # text = nah, he forgot them pretty fast 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | past | he | them *= they* | | | | fast *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} yeah, he hadn't seen them in forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:469-pg22373-part61:t7:o4:1 # text = yeah, he hadn't seen them in forever 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 forever forever ADV RB _ 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | past · perfect | he | them *= they* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=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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