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title: Dude, how did the rich man get away from the wolf at first? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Iron Wolf, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, how did the rich man get away from the wolf at first? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1116 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Iron Wolf, part 22: a slipper fits, a servant makes a deal and runs from a wolf» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 9 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Iron Wolf, part 22: a slipper fit…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dude, how did the rich man get away from the wolf at first?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rich man · **What happens:** get away · **To what, where:** Dude, wolf

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1116 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Iron Wolf, part 22: a slipper fits, a servant makes a deal and runs from a wolf» 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/1116-pg29672-part22/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1116-pg29672-part22:t9:1
# text = Dude, how did the rich man get away from the wolf at first?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get away** | past · do-support | the rich man | Dude |  | the wolf |  | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from wolf=Source |

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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 -->
shot at it with his gun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1116-pg29672-part22:t9:o1:1
# text = shot at it with his gun
1	shot	shot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	gun	gun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
galloped off on his horse, leaving the wolf behind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1116-pg29672-part22:t9:o2:1
# text = galloped off on his horse, leaving the wolf behind
1	galloped	gallop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gallop off** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | on his horse | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on horse=Trajectory |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund |  | the wolf |  |  |  | behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
galloped off on his horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1116-pg29672-part22:t9:o3:1
# text = galloped off on his horse
1	galloped	gallop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gallop off** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | on his horse | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on horse=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
climbed up a tall tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1116-pg29672-part22:t9:o4:1
# text = climbed up a tall tree
1	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb up** | past |  | a tall tree |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme |

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