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title: Yo, so why did Makoma dive in that pool, was he just being reckless? — The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, so why did Makoma dive in that pool, was he just being reckless? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1135 «The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Hero Makoma, part 1: a strong boy beats crocodiles and a giant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 1 · ★ · The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Hero Makoma, part…

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Yo, so why did Makoma dive in that pool, was he just being reckless?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Makoma · **What happens:** dive, be

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1135 «The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Hero Makoma, part 1: a strong boy beats crocodiles and a giant» 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/1135-pg3027-part1/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1135-pg3027-part1:t1:1
# text = Yo, so why did Makoma dive in that pool, was he just being reckless?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	Makoma	Makoma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	dive	dive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	just	just	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
15	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	cop	_	_
16	reckless	reckless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dive** | past · do-support | Makoma |  |  |  |  | in that pool | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in pool=Attribute |
| 2 | **is** | past | Makoma |  |  |  |  | reckless *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 {#o1}

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To show all the people of Senna that he was the strongest man alive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1135-pg3027-part1:t1:o1:1
# text = To show all the people of Senna that he was the strongest man alive
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	iobj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Senna	Senna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	amod	_	_
13	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
14	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | to-infinitive |  |  | all people of Senna |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Senna | the strongest man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To show everyone he was the strongest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1135-pg3027-part1:t1:o2:1
# text = To show everyone he was the strongest
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	obj	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | to-infinitive |  |  | everyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To prove he was brave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1135-pg3027-part1:t1:o3:1
# text = To prove he was brave
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	prove	prove	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | brave *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because the crocodiles had stolen his mother's goat and he wanted revenge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1135-pg3027-part1:t1:o4:1
# text = Because the crocodiles had stolen his mother's goat and he wanted revenge
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	crocodiles	crocodile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past · perfect · passive |  | the crocodiles |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary goat=Theme |
| 2 | **want** | past | goat | revenge |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot revenge=Theme |

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