--- title: ok, how was the coyote watching Iktomi the whole time? — Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Mus… · tree and pragmatics description: ok, how was the coyote watching Iktomi the whole time? Test 13 · ★ 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 o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1266-pg338-part3/t13/) [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/) / [Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Mus…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1266-pg338-part3/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Muskrat: the sly muskra… ok, how was the coyote watching Iktomi the whole time? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** coyote · **What happens:** watch · **To what, where:** Iktomi This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:t13:1 # text = ok, how was the coyote watching Iktomi the whole time? 1 ok ok INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 coyote coyote NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 Iktomi Iktomi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | past · progressive | the coyote | Iktomi | | | time | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent iktomi=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 {#o1} watching through his thick eyelashes while holding his breath very still ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:t13:o1:1 # text = watching through his thick eyelashes while holding his breath very still 1 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 through through ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 eyelashes eyelash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 6 while while SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 very very ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 still still ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | gerund | | | | his thick eyelashes | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through eyelash=Location | | 2 | **hold** | gerund | | his breath | | | still | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} peeking through his eyelashes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:t13:o2:1 # text = peeking through his eyelashes 1 peeking peek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 through through ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 eyelashes eyelash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **peek** | gerund | | | | | | through his eyelashes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through eyelash=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} peeking through his half-closed eyelashes while pretending to be dead ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:t13:o3:1 # text = peeking through his half-closed eyelashes while pretending to be dead 1 peeking peek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 4 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 eyelashes eyelash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 8 while while SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 pretending pretend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 12 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **peek** | gerund | | | | | | through his closed eyelashes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through eyelash=Theme | | 2 | **close** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **pretend** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} peeking through the tall grass ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:t13:o4:1 # text = peeking through the tall grass 1 peeking peek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 through through ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **peek** | gerund | | | | | | through the tall grass | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through grass=Theme | **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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