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title: so after the lecture the old man just vanished into thin air? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Pope and the O… · tree and pragmatics
description: so after the lecture the old man just vanished into thin air? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 487 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Pope and the Old Man: the Pope fails to revive the Princess, is nearly hanged, and is saved by the old man» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Test 11 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Pope and the Old Man: the Pope fai…

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so after the lecture the old man just vanished into thin air?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lecture · **What happens:** vanish · **To what, where:** thin air

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 487 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Pope and the Old Man: the Pope fails to revive the Princess, is nearly hanged, and is saved by the old man» 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/487-pg22373-part79/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:487-pg22373-part79:t11:1
# text = so after the lecture the old man just vanished into thin air?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
2	after	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lecture	lecture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vanish** | past | the lecture |  |  | thin air |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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yep, poof, gone straight after

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:487-pg22373-part79:t11:o1:1
# text = yep, poof, gone straight after
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	poof	poof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go after** | participle | poof |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yep, poof, gone straight after the lecture, leaving no trace behind him at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:487-pg22373-part79:t11:o2:1
# text = yep, poof, gone straight after the lecture, leaving no trace behind him at all
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	poof	poof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lecture	lecture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	trace	trace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | participle |  | poof *not said here* |  |  | after the lecture |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund |  | no trace |  | all |  | behind him *= he* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent trace=Theme behind he=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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yep, he walked off slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:487-pg22373-part79:t11:o3:1
# text = yep, he walked off slowly
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk off** | past | he |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, poof, he vanished straight after the lecture, and nobody ever saw him again

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:487-pg22373-part79:t11:o4:1
# text = yep, poof, he vanished straight after the lecture, and nobody ever saw him again
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	poof	poof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lecture	lecture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	15	nsubj	_	_
14	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	15	advmod	_	_
15	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	again	again	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vanish** | past | poof |  |  |  | after the lecture | straight *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | past | nobody | poof |  |  | ever; again |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

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