--- title: So, was the monster thing kinda scary for the town? — The Japanese Fairy Book, Kintaro and P… · tree and pragmatics description: So, was the monster thing kinda scary for the town? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1352 «The Japanese Fairy Book, Kintaro and Princess Hase, part 12: Kintaro becomes a hero, and a stepmother plots poison» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1352-pg4018-part12/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Japanese Fairy Book, Kintaro and P…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1352-pg4018-part12/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · The Japanese Fairy Book, Kintaro and Princess Hase, part 1… So, was the monster thing kinda scary for the town? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** monster thing This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1352 «The Japanese Fairy Book, Kintaro and Princess Hase, part 12: Kintaro becomes a hero, and a stepmother plots poison» 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/1352-pg4018-part12/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1352-pg4018-part12:t4:1 # text = So, was the monster thing kinda scary for the town? 1 So so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 kinda kinda ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 scary scary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the monster thing | | | | | tree rules | 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} Yeah, the whole town was totally terrified and locked their doors tight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1352-pg4018-part12:t4:o1:1 # text = Yeah, the whole town was totally terrified and locked their doors tight 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 totally totally ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 terrified terrified ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 locked lock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 tight tight ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the whole town | | | | | terrified, totally *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lock** | past | the whole town *not said here* | their doors | | | | tight *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, people were straight up terrified and hid in their houses all night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1352-pg4018-part12:t4:o2:1 # text = Yeah, people were straight up terrified and hid in their houses all night 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 straight straight ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 up up ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 terrified terrified ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | people | | | | | straight, terrified *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hide** | past | people *not said here* | | | people's houses | night | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in house=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nah, they just felt kinda uneasy, fr ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1352-pg4018-part12:t4:o3:1 # text = Nah, they just felt kinda uneasy, fr 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 kinda kinda ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 uneasy uneasy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | they | fr | | | | uneasy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yeah, people were straight up terrified ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1352-pg4018-part12:t4:o4:1 # text = Yeah, people were straight up terrified 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 straight straight ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 up up ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 terrified terrified ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | people | | | | | terrified *property* | tree rules | **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. 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