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title: Lol, what would people call Stan if he went home empty? — Project Gutenberg 641, Stan Bolovan: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lol, what would people call Stan if he went home empty? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1771 «Project Gutenberg 641, Stan Bolovan: the dragon flees from a hundred children» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w
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# Test 12 · ★ · Project Gutenberg 641, Stan Bolovan: the dragon flees from…

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Lol, what would people call Stan if he went home empty?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** people, Stan · **What happens:** call, go · **To what, where:** Stan · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1771 «Project Gutenberg 641, Stan Bolovan: the dragon flees from a hundred children» 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/1771-pg641-part22/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1771-pg641-part22:t12:1
# text = Lol, what would people call Stan if he went home empty?
1	Lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	call	call	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	Stan	Stan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	home	home	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | would | people | Stan |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme stan=Result |
| 2 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Stan |  |  |  |  | empty, home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 {#o1}

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Stan who's gone as weak as a dragon and lost all the gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1771-pg641-part22:t12:o1:1
# text = Stan who's gone as weak as a dragon and lost all the gold
1	Stan	Stan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	14	det:predet	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Stan |  |  |  |  | gone *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Stan *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as a dragon | tree rules |
| 3 | **lose** | past | Stan *not said here* | all gold |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Eventuality |

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

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Stan who's gone as weak as a dragon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1771-pg641-part22:t12:o2:1
# text = Stan who's gone as weak as a dragon
1	Stan	Stan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Stan |  |  |  |  | gone *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Stan *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as a dragon | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Stan who's gone as tired as a donkey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1771-pg641-part22:t12:o3:1
# text = Stan who's gone as tired as a donkey
1	Stan	Stan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Stan |  |  |  |  | as a donkey; gone, tired *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Stan the weakling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1771-pg641-part22:t12:o4:1
# text = Stan the weakling
1	Stan	Stan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	weakling	weakling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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

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