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title: Real talk, what did the robbers stash in that hollow? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Real talk, what did the robbers stash in that hollow? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 420 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the ox sold to the Birch, the gold, and the goat's head» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 6 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the ox sold to the Birc…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Real talk, what did the robbers stash in that hollow?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** robbers · **What happens:** do, stash · **To what, where:** Real talk, hollow

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 420 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the ox sold to the Birch, the gold, and the goat's head» 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/420-pg22373-part12/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:t6:1
# text = Real talk, what did the robbers stash in that hollow?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stash	stash	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	hollow	hollow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | Real talk |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talk=Eventuality |
| 2 | **stash** | present | the robbers |  |  | that hollow |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in hollow=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 -->
Some stolen silver, for real bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:t6:o1:1
# text = Some stolen silver, for real bro
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A pot full of gold and a bunch of old silver rings, straight up

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:t6:o2:1
# text = A pot full of gold and a bunch of old silver rings, straight up
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bunch	bunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	up	up	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A chest of silver, no cap, fam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:t6:o3:1
# text = A chest of silver, no cap, fam
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A pot full of gold, straight up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:t6:o4:1
# text = A pot full of gold, straight up
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	up	up	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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

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