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title: them boys are being well mean to that tortoise, no cap — Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: them boys are being well mean to that tortoise, no cap Test 5 · ★ 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 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 5: the old woman…

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them boys are being well mean to that tortoise, no cap

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** them, boys · **What happens:** boy, mean

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1345-pg4018-part5:t5:1
# text = them boys are being well mean to that tortoise, no cap
1	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	nsubj	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boy** |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | boys |  |  |  |  | to that tortoise; well *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot to tortoise=Attribute |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they're having a laugh, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1345-pg4018-part5:t5:o1:1
# text = they're having a laugh, innit
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	laugh	laugh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · progressive | they | a laugh |  |  |  | innit *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laugh=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they're well up to no good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1345-pg4018-part5:t5:o2:1
# text = they're well up to no good
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	IN	_	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they're proper gutting it and laughing their heads off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1345-pg4018-part5:t5:o3:1
# text = they're proper gutting it and laughing their heads off
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	gutting	gut	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	off	off	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | present · progressive | they | it |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Source |
| 2 | **laugh off** | gerund | they *not said here* | their heads |  |  |  | off *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they're proper gutting it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1345-pg4018-part5:t5:o4:1
# text = they're proper gutting it
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	gutting	gut	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | proper *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **gut** | gerund | they *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Source |

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