--- title: Mate, did the turtle say he'd be gone for four days or what? — Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, did the turtle say he'd be gone for four days or what? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1218 «Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the hare brings fire home, the turtle goes to war for his bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1218-pg3282-part19/t10/) [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 Folk Tales, The Turtle and His…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1218-pg3282-part19/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the h… Mate, did the turtle say he'd be gone for four days or what? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate, turtle · **What happens:** do, say, go · **To what, where:** turtle · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1218 «Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the hare brings fire home, the turtle goes to war for his bride» 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/1218-pg3282-part19/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:t10:1 # text = Mate, did the turtle say he'd be gone for four days or what? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 turtle turtle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 ccomp _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Mate | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the turtle | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** | would · passive | | turtle | | | day | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | 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} Nah, four years ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:t10:o1:1 # text = Nah, four years 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Nah, he said it would be four years, not four days ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:t10:o2:1 # text = Nah, he said it would be four years, not four days 1 Nah nah 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 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 8 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 12 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 appos _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | would | it | four years | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, he told her he would be gone for four whole years ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:t10:o3:1 # text = No, he told her he would be gone for four whole years 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 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 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 12 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | he | | her *= she* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | would · passive | | he | | | year | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Four ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:t10:o4:1 # text = Four 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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