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title: ok but who even was the old dude who crashed at the poor guy's place? — Russian Folk-Tales, Beer and Corn: a p… · tree and pragmatics
description: ok but who even was the old dude who crashed at the poor guy's place? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 483 «Russian Folk-Tales, Beer and Corn: a poor man's well brews the feast's beer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 1 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Beer and Corn: a poor man's well brews…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ok but who even was the old dude who crashed at the poor guy's place?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old dude · **What happens:** be, crash · **To what, where:** old dude, place

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 483 «Russian Folk-Tales, Beer and Corn: a poor man's well brews the feast's beer» 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/483-pg22373-part75/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:483-pg22373-part75:t1:1
# text = ok but who even was the old dude who crashed at the poor guy's place?
1	ok	ok	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	crashed	crash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the old dude |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **crash** | past | the old dude |  |  | the poor guy's place |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at place=Location |

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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 -->
a random old guy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:483-pg22373-part75:t1:o1:1
# text = a random old guy
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
like literally a random wandering pilgrim who was just passing through the village that night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:483-pg22373-part75:t1:o2:1
# text = like literally a random wandering pilgrim who was just passing through the village that night
1	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
2	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	wandering	wonder	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	pilgrim	pilgrim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	passing	pass	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	acl	_	_
11	through	through	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
15	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **pass** | past · progressive | a random wandering pilgrim |  |  | the village | night |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through village=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a saint from town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:483-pg22373-part75:t1:o3:1
# text = a saint from town
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	saint	saint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the Lord, lowkey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:483-pg22373-part75:t1:o4:1
# text = the Lord, lowkey
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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

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