--- title: Mate, the bear was dumb to believe him, wasn't he? — Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and t… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, the bear was dumb to believe him, wasn't he? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1242 «Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and the Crocodile: the herb saves the prince from the crocodile» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1242-pg3282-part43/t8/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1242-pg3282-part43/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and the Crocodile: the he… Mate, the bear was dumb to believe him, wasn't he? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bear · **What happens:** be, believe, not be · **To what, where:** him, he This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1242 «Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and the Crocodile: the herb saves the prince from the crocodile» 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/1242-pg3282-part43/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1242-pg3282-part43:t8:1 # text = Mate, the bear was dumb to believe him, wasn't he? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 dumb dumb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 12 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the bear | | | | | dumb *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **believe** | to-infinitive | the bear *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **is a** | past | | he | | | | | tree rules | 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} Yeah, he was too trusting of foxes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1242-pg3282-part43:t8:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he was too trusting of foxes 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 trusting trust VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 foxes fox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trust** | past · progressive | he | | | | | of foxes | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yeah, he was hungry and not in a good mood ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1242-pg3282-part43:t8:o2:1 # text = Yeah, he was hungry and not in a good mood 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 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 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 mood mood NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nah, he was just very polite ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1242-pg3282-part43:t8:o3:1 # text = Nah, he was just very polite 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | polite *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, he was clever ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1242-pg3282-part43:t8:o4:1 # text = Nah, he was clever 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 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 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | **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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