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title: ngl the coyote totally played dead, right? What was in its paw? — Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Mus… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl the coyote totally played dead, right? What was in its paw? Test 7 · ★ 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 questi
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# Test 7 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Muskrat: the sly muskra…

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ngl the coyote totally played dead, right? What was in its paw?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, coyote · **What happens:** ngl, play, be · **To what, where:** coyote, dead, paw

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ngl the coyote totally played dead, right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:t7:1
# text = ngl the coyote totally played dead, right?
1	ngl	ngl	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	coyote	coyote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ngl** | imperative | you *not said here* | the coyote |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | past | the coyote *not said here* | dead |  |  |  | totally *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dead=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What was in its paw?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:t7:2
# text = What was in its paw?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	paw	paw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  | coyote's paw |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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a fresh rabbit tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:t7:o1:1
# text = a fresh rabbit tail
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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a fresh bird feather

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:t7:o2:1
# text = a fresh bird feather
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	feather	feather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a bright blue bird feather torn from a hawk's wing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:t7:o3:1
# text = a bright blue bird feather torn from a hawk's wing
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	feather	feather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	torn	tear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hawk	hawk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tear** | participle |  | a bright blue bird feather *not said here* |  | a hawk's wing |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from wing=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a fresh bird feather stuck in its claws

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1266-pg338-part3:t7:o4:1
# text = a fresh bird feather stuck in its claws
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	feather	feather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick** | participle |  | a fresh bird feather *not said here* |  | feather's claws |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in claw=Destination |

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