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title: Dude, the shark was so dumb, wasn't he? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Heart of a Mon… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, the shark was so dumb, wasn't he? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1283 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Heart of a Monkey, part 1: a clever monkey tricks a shark into carrying him back to his tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 3 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Heart of a Monkey, part 1: a cleve…

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Dude, the shark was so dumb, wasn't he?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dude · **What happens:** be, not be · **To what, where:** he

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1283 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Heart of a Monkey, part 1: a clever monkey tricks a shark into carrying him back to his tree» 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/1283-pg3454-part8/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1283-pg3454-part8:t3:1
# text = Dude, the shark was so dumb, wasn't he?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	dumb	dumb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Dude and the shark |  |  |  |  | dumb *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | past |  | he |  |  |  |  | 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 -->
He believed the heart thing straight up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1283-pg3454-part8:t3:o1:1
# text = He believed the heart thing straight up
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	believed	believe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	up	up	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | past | He | the heart thing |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was dumb, he believed the monkey about the heart and turned back right away

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1283-pg3454-part8:t3:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he was dumb, he believed the monkey about the heart and turned back right away
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	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	dumb	dumb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	believed	believe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
16	back	back	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	right	right	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	away	away	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | dumb *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **believe** | past | he | the monkey |  |  |  | about the heart | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer monkey=Stimulus |
| 3 | **turn back** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He swallowed the monkey's whole story

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1283-pg3454-part8:t3:o3:1
# text = He swallowed the monkey's whole story
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swallowed	swallow	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	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | past | He | the monkey's whole story |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He believed the heart thing straight up and never checked the tree himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1283-pg3454-part8:t3:o4:1
# text = He believed the heart thing straight up and never checked the tree himself
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	believed	believe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	up	up	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	checked	check	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | past | He | the heart thing |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **check** | past | He *not said here* | the tree |  |  |  | himself *= he* *obl* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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