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description: the poor guy sighed at the painting, what was he upset about? Test 10 · ★ 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's choic
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# Test 10 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Beer and Corn: a poor man's well brews…

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the poor guy sighed at the painting, what was he upset about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** poor guy, painting · **What happens:** sigh, be · **To what, where:** painting

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This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:483-pg22373-part75:t10:1
# text = the poor guy sighed at the painting, what was he upset about?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sighed	sigh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
13	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sigh** | past | the poor guy |  |  | the painting |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the painting |  |  |  |  | upset *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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no oil for the lamp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:483-pg22373-part75:t10:o1:1
# text = no oil for the lamp
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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no money for the church

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:483-pg22373-part75:t10:o2:1
# text = no money for the church
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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his neighbor wouldn't lend him anything and he had no food for the whole week ahead

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:483-pg22373-part75:t10:o3:1
# text = his neighbor wouldn't lend him anything and he had no food for the whole week ahead
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	neighbor	neighbor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	lend	lend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
17	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **lend** | would | his neighbor | anything | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient anything=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | neighbor | no food |  |  | week | ahead *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no candles for the icon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:483-pg22373-part75:t10:o4:1
# text = no candles for the icon
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	candles	candle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	icon	icon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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