--- title: Okay, so the tortoise was like the lil' sneaky one, yeah? — Indian Tales, Tale of a Tortoise and o… · tree and pragmatics description: Okay, so the tortoise was like the lil' sneaky one, yeah? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1258 «Indian Tales, Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monkey, part 59: the clever tortoise tricks an elephant and a whale into a tug-of-war» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1258-pg3282-part59/t4/) [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, Tale of a Tortoise and o…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1258-pg3282-part59/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Indian Tales, Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monk… Okay, so the tortoise was like the lil' sneaky one, yeah? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tortoise · **What happens:** be This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1258 «Indian Tales, Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monkey, part 59: the clever tortoise tricks an elephant and a whale into a tug-of-war» 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/1258-pg3282-part59/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1258-pg3282-part59:t4:1 # text = Okay, so the tortoise was like the lil' sneaky one, yeah? 1 Okay okay INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tortoise tortoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 lil little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 11 sneaky sneaky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the tortoise | | | | | like the lil sneaky one | 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 {#o1} Yeah, very wise and very patient too ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1258-pg3282-part59:t4:o1:1 # text = Yeah, very wise and very patient too 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 patient patient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 8 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, he was quite a clever one ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1258-pg3282-part59:t4:o2:1 # text = Yeah, he was quite a clever one 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 quite quite DET PDT PronType=Ind 8 det:predet _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | he | quite clever one | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, total trickster, super sneaky ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1258-pg3282-part59:t4:o3:1 # text = Yeah, total trickster, super sneaky 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 total total ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 trickster trickster NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 super super ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 sneaky sneaky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, he was honest and open, he just happened to win because he was small and quick ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1258-pg3282-part59:t4:o4:1 # text = Nah, he was honest and open, he just happened to win because he was small and quick 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 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 just just ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 because because SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | honest *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | he *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **happen** | past | he | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **win** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | he | | | | | small *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | he *not said here* | | | | | | 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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