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title: Be honest, was the old man's five hundred dollar deal well sus or fa… — Popular Tales from the Norse, The Hill… · tree and pragmatics
description: Be honest, was the old man's five hundred dollar deal well sus or fair? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1199 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Hill-Man: Hans becomes a ring, the princess is walled up, and the hill-man dies under a stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Test 2 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Hill-Man: Hans becomes a…

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Be honest, was the old man's five hundred dollar deal well sus or fair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hundred dollar · **What happens:** be, deal

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1199 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Hill-Man: Hans becomes a ring, the princess is walled up, and the hill-man dies under a stone» 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/1199-pg3027-part65/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1199-pg3027-part65:t2:1
# text = Be honest, was the old man's five hundred dollar deal well sus or fair?
1	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	compound	_	_
10	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	dollar	dollar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	deal	deal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
13	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
14	sus	suspect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	advcl	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | honest *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | 's the old man | tree rules |
| 3 | **deal** | present | hundred dollar |  |  |  |  |  | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Totally fair, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1199-pg3027-part65:t2:o1:1
# text = Totally fair, innit
1	Totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Proper fair, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1199-pg3027-part65:t2:o2:1
# text = Proper fair, mate
1	Proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	mate	mate	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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Totally sus, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1199-pg3027-part65:t2:o3:1
# text = Totally sus, innit
1	Totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Totally sus, the old man cheated him, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1199-pg3027-part65:t2:o4:1
# text = Totally sus, the old man cheated him, innit
1	Totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	cheated	cheat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cheat** | past | the old man | sus |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Source |

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