--- title: real talk, why did the jackal keep sneaky-stalling the hedgehog? — Indian Tales, The Younger Son of the J… · tree and pragmatics description: real talk, why did the jackal keep sneaky-stalling the hedgehog? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1165 «Indian Tales, The Younger Son of the Jackal, part 31: the jackal cheats the sheep over the grain, and the greyhound is called in» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1165-pg3027-part31/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Indian Tales, The Younger Son of the J…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1165-pg3027-part31/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Indian Tales, The Younger Son of the Jackal, part 31: the… real talk, why did the jackal keep sneaky-stalling the hedgehog? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** real talk · **What happens:** do, keep, stall · **To what, where:** jackal, hedgehog This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1165 «Indian Tales, The Younger Son of the Jackal, part 31: the jackal cheats the sheep over the grain, and the greyhound is called in» 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/1165-pg3027-part31/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1165-pg3027-part31:t11:1 # text = real talk, why did the jackal keep sneaky-stalling the hedgehog? 1 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 jackal jackal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 sneaky sneaky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 stalling stall VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 xcomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 hedgehog hedgehog NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the jackal | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jackal=Eventuality | | 2 | **keep** | present | real talk | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stall** | gerund | real talk *not said here* | the hedgehog | | | | | vn delay-53.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hedgehog=Eventuality | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} he never wanted to show the butter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1165-pg3027-part31:t11:o1:1 # text = he never wanted to show the butter 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 butter butter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **want** | past | he | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **show** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the butter | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent butter=Recipient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} he never wanted to show the butter and only wanted to stall for time ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1165-pg3027-part31:t11:o2:1 # text = he never wanted to show the butter and only wanted to stall for time 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 butter butter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 only only ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 stall stall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **want** | past | he | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **show** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the butter | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent butter=Recipient | | 3 | **want** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **stall** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | time | | vn delay-53.3-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} he planned to steal the sheep's food ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1165-pg3027-part31:t11:o3:1 # text = he planned to steal the sheep's food 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 planned plan VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plan** | past | he | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **steal** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the sheep's food | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location food=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} he feared the hedgehog would win ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1165-pg3027-part31:t11:o4:1 # text = he feared the hedgehog would win 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 feared fear 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 hedgehog hedgehog NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fear** | past | he | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **win** | would | the hedgehog | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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