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title: so Urashima's the kind geezer everyone takes the mick out of? — Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: so Urashima's the kind geezer everyone takes the mick out of? Test 4 · ★ 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 dependenc
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# Test 4 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 5: the old woman…

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so Urashima's the kind geezer everyone takes the mick out of?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Urashima · **What happens:** be

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1345-pg4018-part5:t4:1
# text = so Urashima's the kind geezer everyone takes the mick out of?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
2	Urashima	Urashima	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	geezer	geezer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
8	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mick	mick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	IN	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Urashima |  |  |  |  | take *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 {#o1}

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yeah, he's dead nice, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1345-pg4018-part5:t4:o1:1
# text = yeah, he's dead nice, innit
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | nice *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yeah, everyone takes the mick but he's a proper softie

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1345-pg4018-part5:t4:o2:1
# text = yeah, everyone takes the mick but he's a proper softie
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
4	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mick	mick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	softie	softie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | everyone | the mick |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mick=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | he | a proper softie |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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yeah, he's a proper softie who gives everything away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1345-pg4018-part5:t4:o3:1
# text = yeah, he's a proper softie who gives everything away
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	softie	softie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	obj	_	_
11	away	away	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | he | a proper softie |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give away** | present | a proper softie | everything |  |  |  | away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent everything=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he's a proper softie

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1345-pg4018-part5:t4:o4:1
# text = yeah, he's a proper softie
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	softie	softie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | he | a proper softie |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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