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title: he offers a smoke, but the tortoise doesn't do fags — Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: he offers a smoke, but the tortoise doesn't do fags Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1345 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 5: the old woman is frightened and punished, and Urashima frees a tortoise and is invited under the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Test 13 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 5: the old woman…

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he offers a smoke, but the tortoise doesn't do fags

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he, tortoise · **What happens:** offer, not do · **To what, where:** smoke, fags

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1345 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 5: the old woman is frightened and punished, and Urashima frees a tortoise and is invited under the sea» 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/1345-pg4018-part5/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1345-pg4018-part5:t13:1
# text = he offers a smoke, but the tortoise doesn't do fags
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	offers	offer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
12	fags	fag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | present | he | a smoke |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent smoke=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **do** | present · do-support | the tortoise | fags |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fag=Eventuality |

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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}

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cos tortoises don't smoke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1345-pg4018-part5:t13:o1:1
# text = cos tortoises don't smoke
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	tortoises	tortoise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	smoke	smoke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **smoke** | present · do-support | cos tortoises |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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cos they hate the smell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1345-pg4018-part5:t13:o2:1
# text = cos they hate the smell
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | present | they | the smell |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer smell=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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cos they don't drink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1345-pg4018-part5:t13:o3:1
# text = cos they don't drink
1	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **drink** | present · do-support | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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cos tortoises don't smoke, they just munch lettuce all day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1345-pg4018-part5:t13:o4:1
# text = cos tortoises don't smoke, they just munch lettuce all day
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	tortoises	tortoise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	smoke	smoke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	munch	munch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
10	lettuce	lettuce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **smoke** | present · do-support | cos tortoises |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **munch** | present | tortoises *= tortoise* | lettuce |  |  | day |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lettuce=Patient |

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