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title: fr, what did the coyote think being carried was like? — Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Mus… · tree and pragmatics
description: fr, what did the coyote think being carried was like? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1266 «Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Muskrat: the sly muskrat beats Iktomi in a race, then gets the last laugh» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 10 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Muskrat: the sly muskra…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr, what did the coyote think being carried was like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fr · **What happens:** do, think, be · **To what, where:** coyote

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1266 «Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Muskrat: the sly muskrat beats Iktomi in a race, then gets the last laugh» 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/1266-pg338-part3/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:t10:1
# text = fr, what did the coyote think being carried was like?
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	coyote	coyote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
11	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | fr | the coyote |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coyote=Eventuality |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | fr |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  | carry *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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a great delight, like a warrior who had won a brave battle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:t10:o1:1
# text = a great delight, like a warrior who had won a brave battle
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	delight	delight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	warrior	warrior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past · perfect | a warrior | a brave battle |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
great fun like a warrior

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:t10:o2:1
# text = great fun like a warrior
1	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	warrior	warrior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
great joy like a chief

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:t10:o3:1
# text = great joy like a chief
1	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fun like a hero

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:t10:o4:1
# text = fun like a hero
1	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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