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title: were the Russian horses like normal ponies or what? — Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 26:… · tree and pragmatics
description: were the Russian horses like normal ponies or what? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 815 «Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 26: the oak is struck by lightning, and the Dryad hears of the Paris Exhibition and its doom» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 26: the oak is struck by…

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were the Russian horses like normal ponies or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Russian horses · **What happens:** be

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 815 «Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 26: the oak is struck by lightning, and the Dryad hears of the Paris Exhibition and its doom» 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/815-pg27200-part26/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:815-pg27200-part26:t11:1
# text = were the Russian horses like normal ponies or what?
1	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Russian	Russian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nsubj	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ponies	pony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | the Russian horses like normal ponies |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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gentle grey horses that carry the farmers' carts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:815-pg27200-part26:t11:o1:1
# text = gentle grey horses that carry the farmers' carts
1	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | gentle grey horses | the farmers's carts |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cart=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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fiery and glorious horses of the steppe that were brought to Paris by Cossacks from the far eastern frontier

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:815-pg27200-part26:t11:o2:1
# text = fiery and glorious horses of the steppe that were brought to Paris by Cossacks from the far eastern frontier
1	fiery	fiery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	glorious	glorious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	steppe	steppe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Paris	Paris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Cossacks	Cossack	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
17	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
18	eastern	eastern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	frontier	frontier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past · passive | Cossacks | the steppe | Paris | the far eastern frontier |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to paris=Destination from frontier=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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small shaggy horses of the far grassland

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:815-pg27200-part26:t11:o3:1
# text = small shaggy horses of the far grassland
1	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	shaggy	shaggy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	grassland	grassland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fiery and glorious horses of the steppe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:815-pg27200-part26:t11:o4:1
# text = fiery and glorious horses of the steppe
1	fiery	fiery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	glorious	glorious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	steppe	steppe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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