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title: Dude, what did the Warlock say his biggest weak point was? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, what did the Warlock say his biggest weak point was? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 479 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Warlock: the Soldier burns the wicked Warlock and the village is saved.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 12 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Warlock: the Soldi…

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Dude, what did the Warlock say his biggest weak point was?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Warlock, Dude · **What happens:** say, be, point · **To what, where:** Dude · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 479 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Warlock: the Soldier burns the wicked Warlock and the village is saved.» 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/479-pg22373-part71/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:t12:1
# text = Dude, what did the Warlock say his biggest weak point was?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Warlock	Warlock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
9	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
10	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the Warlock | Dude |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme point=Manner |
| 2 | **be** | past | Dude |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **point** |  | Warlock |  |  |  |  |  | nom point «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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The sight of a holy cross on the wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:t12:o1:1
# text = The sight of a holy cross on the wall
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sight** |  |  | a holy cross on the wall |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Holy water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:t12:o2:1
# text = Holy water
1	Holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A single maggot escaping from his body

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:t12:o3:1
# text = A single maggot escaping from his body
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	maggot	maggot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	escaping	escape	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escape** | gerund | a single maggot *not said here* |  |  | maggot's body |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from body=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Crowing cocks at the first light of dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:t12:o4:1
# text = Crowing cocks at the first light of dawn
1	Crowing	crow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	cocks	cock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crow** | gerund |  | cocks |  |  |  | at the first light of dawn | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent cock=Theme at light=Stimulus |
| 2 | **light** |  |  | dawn |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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