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title: lol the old man keeps asking who ate his loaves, sus right? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Pope and the O… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol the old man keeps asking who ate his loaves, sus right? Test 4 · ★ 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 pragmat
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# Test 4 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Pope and the Old Man: the Pope fai…

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lol the old man keeps asking who ate his loaves, sus right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old man · **What happens:** keep, ask, eat · **To what, where:** loaves · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:487-pg22373-part79:t4:1
# text = lol the old man keeps asking who ate his loaves, sus right?
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	loaves	loaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | the old man |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | the old man *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **eat** | past |  | man's loaves and sus |  |  |  | right *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loaf=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, sus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:487-pg22373-part79:t4:o1:1
# text = yeah, sus
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
totally sus, and the king keeps asking who ate them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:487-pg22373-part79:t4:o2:1
# text = totally sus, and the king keeps asking who ate them
1	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	sus	suspect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **eat** | past |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
totally sus, and the Pope keeps saying not me

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:487-pg22373-part79:t4:o3:1
# text = totally sus, and the Pope keeps saying not me
1	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	sus	suspect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Pope	Pope	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | the Pope |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the Pope *not said here* | me |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
totally sus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:487-pg22373-part79:t4:o4:1
# text = totally sus
1	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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