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title: Bruh, did Marko even pay the copeck back or nah? — Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruh, did Marko even pay the copeck back or nah? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 419 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a stingy merchant tries to dodge paying one copeck and gets tricked» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 1 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a stingy merchant trie…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bruh, did Marko even pay the copeck back or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Marko · **What happens:** pay back · **To what, where:** copeck

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 419 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a stingy merchant tries to dodge paying one copeck and gets tricked» 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/419-pg22373-part11/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:t1:1
# text = Bruh, did Marko even pay the copeck back or nah?
1	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	Marko	Marko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	copeck	copeck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay back** | past · do-support | Marko | the copeck |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent copeck=Asset |

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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 -->
Nah, he kinda dodged the whole thing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:t1:o1:1
# text = Nah, he kinda dodged the whole thing
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	dodged	dodge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dodge** | past | he | the whole thing |  |  |  | kinda *property* | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent thing=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he paid it back eventually once the whole funeral thing was over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he paid it back eventually once the whole funeral thing was over
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	eventually	eventually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	over	over	ADV	RB	_	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay back** | past | he | it |  |  |  | eventually *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset |
| 2 | **is** | past | the whole funeral thing |  |  |  |  | over *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, never, he faked being dead to dodge the dude totally

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:t1:o3:1
# text = Nah, never, he faked being dead to dodge the dude totally
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	faked	fake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
8	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	dodge	dodge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **fake** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **dodge** | to-infinitive |  | the dude |  |  |  | totally *property* | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent dude=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, never, he totally ghosted the dude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:t1:o4:1
# text = Nah, never, he totally ghosted the dude
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	ghosted	ghost	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **ghost** | past | he | the dude |  |  |  | totally *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location dude=Theme |

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