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title: was Manstin's skipping along the path smart? — Indian Fairy Tales, Manstin the Rabbit… · tree and pragmatics
description: was Manstin's skipping along the path smart? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1274 «Indian Fairy Tales, Manstin the Rabbit, part 11: Iya the camp-eater is slain, then Manstin trades eyes with a blind grandfather and falls into the brook» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Test 12 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Manstin the Rabbit, part 11: Iya the c…

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was Manstin's skipping along the path smart?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** skipping · **What happens:** skip, be · **To what, where:** path

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1274 «Indian Fairy Tales, Manstin the Rabbit, part 11: Iya the camp-eater is slain, then Manstin trades eyes with a blind grandfather and falls into the brook» 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/1274-pg338-part11/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1274-pg338-part11:t12:1
# text = was Manstin's skipping along the path smart?
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
2	Manstin	Manstin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	skipping	skip	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	csubj	_	_
5	along	along	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	smart	smart	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **skip** | gerund |  |  |  | the path |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along path=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is** | past | skipping |  |  |  |  | smart *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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he skipped along like he had no care

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1274-pg338-part11:t12:o1:1
# text = Nah, he skipped along like he had no care
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	skipped	skip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	along	along	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **skip** | past | he |  |  |  |  | along *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | he | no care |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, he was quiet and sly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1274-pg338-part11:t12:o2:1
# text = Yes, he was quiet and sly
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	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	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sly	sly	ADV	RB	_	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, he was very smart because he knew that the old man's rope would hold him up in the river

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1274-pg338-part11:t12:o3:1
# text = Yes, he was very smart because he knew that the old man's rope would hold him up in the river
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	smart	smart	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	up	up	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | smart *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **hold up** | would | the old man's rope | man |  | the river |  |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he ran fast with no thought

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1274-pg338-part11:t12:o4:1
# text = Nah, he ran fast with no thought
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | he |  |  |  |  | with no thought; fast *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with thought=Material |

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