--- title: lol, what was up with that sneaky Iktomi and the pit thing? — Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the… · tree and pragmatics description: lol, what was up with that sneaky Iktomi and the pit thing? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1268 «Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the Bear, part 1: the bear begs for meat, then drives the badger family out of their home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1268-pg338-part5/t6/) [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, The Badger and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1268-pg338-part5/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the Bear, part 1: the b… lol, what was up with that sneaky Iktomi and the pit thing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1268 «Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the Bear, part 1: the bear begs for meat, then drives the badger family out of their home» 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/1268-pg338-part5/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:t6:1 # text = lol, what was up with that sneaky Iktomi and the pit thing? 1 lol lol INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ _ 8 sneaky sneaky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Iktomi Iktomi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} he jumped in the pit to try to get brown spots from the fawn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:t6:o1:1 # text = he jumped in the pit to try to get brown spots from the fawn 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 spots spot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 fawn fawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump** | past | he | | | the pit | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pit=Trajectory | | 2 | **try** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | brown spots | | the fawn | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent spot=Theme from fawn=Source | ### Option 2 {#o2} he tricked the fawn with words ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:t6:o2:1 # text = he tricked the fawn with words 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tricked trick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fawn fawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trick** | past | he | the fawn | | | | with words | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fawn=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} he jumped in to get brown spots ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:t6:o3:1 # text = he jumped in to get brown spots 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 6 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 spots spot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump in** | past | he | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | brown spots | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spot=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} he jumped in the pit to get brown spots for his face ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1268-pg338-part5:t6:o4:1 # text = he jumped in the pit to get brown spots for his face 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 8 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 spots spot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump** | past | he | | | the pit | | for his face | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pit=Trajectory | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | brown spots | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spot=Stimulus | **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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