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title: Wait, who was the old dude who followed them, for real? — Japanese Fairy Tales, Kintaro, part 11… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, who was the old dude who followed them, for real? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1351 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Kintaro, part 11: a bridge, a wrestler, and a general's offer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Test 2 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Kintaro, part 11: a bridge, a wrestl…

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Wait, who was the old dude who followed them, for real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, old dude · **What happens:** wait, be, follow · **To what, where:** old dude, them

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1351 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Kintaro, part 11: a bridge, a wrestler, and a general's offer» 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/1351-pg4018-part11/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1351-pg4018-part11:t2:1
# text = Wait, who was the old dude who followed them, for real?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
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	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the old dude |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **follow** | past | the old dude | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A general called Sadamitsu

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1351-pg4018-part11:t2:o1:1
# text = A general called Sadamitsu
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	general	general	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	Sadamitsu	Sadamitsu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | participle |  | a general *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A servant of the Emperor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1351-pg4018-part11:t2:o2:1
# text = A servant of the Emperor
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A samurai named Raiko

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1351-pg4018-part11:t2:o3:1
# text = A samurai named Raiko
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	samurai	samurai	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	Raiko	Raiko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | participle |  | a samurai *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A woodcutter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1351-pg4018-part11:t2:o4:1
# text = A woodcutter
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	woodcutter	woodcutter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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