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description: Bruh, the old man got rich just for chucking ashes on a dead tree, right? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1370 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Made the Trees Blossom: the ashes bring a dead cherry tree into bloom, and the greedy neighbor is jailed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Test 1 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Made the Trees Bloss…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bruh, the old man got rich just for chucking ashes on a dead tree, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old man · **What happens:** get, chuck · **To what, where:** ashes, dead tree

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1370 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Made the Trees Blossom: the ashes bring a dead cherry tree into bloom, and the greedy neighbor is jailed» 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/1370-pg4018-part30/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1370-pg4018-part30:t1:1
# text = Bruh, the old man got rich just for chucking ashes on a dead tree, right?
1	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	chucking	chuck	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
11	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
17	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the old man |  |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **chuck** | gerund | the old man *not said here* | ashes |  | a dead tree |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent ash=Theme on tree=Destination |

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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 -->
Yeah, the Daimio gave him gold, a silk robe, and a brand new name for everyone

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1370-pg4018-part30:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah, the Daimio gave him gold, a silk robe, and a brand new name for everyone
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Daimio	Daimio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	brand	brand	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the Daimio | gold and a silk robe | him *= he* |  |  | a new name for everyone *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient gold=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the Daimio gave him gold and a new name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1370-pg4018-part30:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, the Daimio gave him gold and a new name
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Daimio	Daimio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the Daimio | gold and a new name | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient gold=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the Daimio gave him gold, a silk robe, and a brand new name for everyone in town

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1370-pg4018-part30:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, the Daimio gave him gold, a silk robe, and a brand new name for everyone in town
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Daimio	Daimio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	brand	brand	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	17	nmod	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the Daimio | gold and a silk robe | him *= he* |  |  | a new name for everyone *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient gold=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the Daimio gave him a horse and a robe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1370-pg4018-part30:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, the Daimio gave him a horse and a robe
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Daimio	Daimio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the Daimio | a horse and a robe | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient horse=Theme |

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