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title: why did Elijah get mad at the Moujik anyway, like the real reason? — Slavonic Myths, Elijah the Prophet and… · tree and pragmatics
description: why did Elijah get mad at the Moujik anyway, like the real reason? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 484 «Slavonic Myths, Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas: a field, a sale, and two candles» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 9 · ★ · Slavonic Myths, Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas: a field,…

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why did Elijah get mad at the Moujik anyway, like the real reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Elijah · **What happens:** get

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 484 «Slavonic Myths, Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas: a field, a sale, and two candles» 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/484-pg22373-part76/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:484-pg22373-part76:t9:1
# text = why did Elijah get mad at the Moujik anyway, like the real reason?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Elijah	Elijah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Moujik	Moujik	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | Elijah |  |  |  |  | anyway, mad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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He skipped Elijah's day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:484-pg22373-part76:t9:o1:1
# text = He skipped Elijah's day
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	skipped	skip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Elijah	Elijah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **skip** | past | He |  |  |  | day |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He mocked Elijah's storm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:484-pg22373-part76:t9:o2:1
# text = He mocked Elijah's storm
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	mocked	mock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Elijah	Elijah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mock** | past | He | Elijah's storm |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent storm=Theme |
| 2 | **storm** |  | Elijah |  |  |  |  |  | nom storm «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He insulted the Priest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:484-pg22373-part76:t9:o3:1
# text = He insulted the Priest
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	insulted	insult	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Priest	Priest	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **insult** | past | He | the Priest |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus priest=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He stole candles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:484-pg22373-part76:t9:o4:1
# text = He stole candles
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	candles	candle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | He | candles |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location candle=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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