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title: why'd they split the money into three piles, weird flex? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Pope and the O… · tree and pragmatics
description: why'd they split the money into three piles, weird flex? Test 8 · ★ 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 pragmatics
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# Test 8 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Pope and the Old Man: the Pope fai…

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why'd they split the money into three piles, weird flex?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** split · **To what, where:** money, three piles

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:487-pg22373-part79:t8:1
# text = why'd they split the money into three piles, weird flex?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	split	split	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	piles	pile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	flex	flex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | past | they | the money |  |  |  | into three piles and weird flex *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent money=Patient into pile=Result |

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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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one pile is for the loaf thief, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:487-pg22373-part79:t8:o1:1
# text = one pile is for the loaf thief, lol
1	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	loaf	loaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | one pile |  |  |  |  | for the loaf thief | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
for the thief, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:487-pg22373-part79:t8:o2:1
# text = for the thief, lol
1	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
just to confuse everyone, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:487-pg22373-part79:t8:o3:1
# text = just to confuse everyone, lol
1	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	confuse	confuse	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
6	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confuse** | to-infinitive |  | everyone |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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it's a trap for the Pope, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:487-pg22373-part79:t8:o4:1
# text = it's a trap for the Pope, lol
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Pope	Pope	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
9	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a trap |  |  |  | for the Pope | tree rules |

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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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