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title: What was she reading when her dad showed up? — Japanese Fairy Book, Hase-Hime, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was she reading when her dad showed up? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1353 «Japanese Fairy Book, Hase-Hime, part 13: the poison kills the stepmother's son, and Hase-Hime's father finds her in the mountains» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 12 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Book, Hase-Hime, part 13: the poison kills…

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What was she reading when her dad showed up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** she, dad · **What happens:** read, show up

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1353 «Japanese Fairy Book, Hase-Hime, part 13: the poison kills the stepmother's son, and Hase-Hime's father finds her in the mountains» 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/1353-pg4018-part13/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1353-pg4018-part13:t12:1
# text = What was she reading when her dad showed up?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 2 | **show up** | past | her dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

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A copy of the Lotus Sutra, read aloud in a clear voice to the empty room

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1353-pg4018-part13:t12:o1:1
# text = A copy of the Lotus Sutra, read aloud in a clear voice to the empty room
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	copy	copy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Lotus	Lotus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	Sutra	Sutra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | infinitive | a copy of the Lotus |  | the empty room | a clear voice |  | aloud *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to room=Recipient |
| 2 | **copy** |  |  | the Lotus |  |  |  |  | nom copy «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Buddhist scriptures out loud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1353-pg4018-part13:t12:o2:1
# text = Buddhist scriptures out loud
1	Buddhist	buddhist	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	scriptures	scripture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	loud	loud	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Her mother's old letters, which she read silently by the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1353-pg4018-part13:t12:o3:1
# text = Her mother's old letters, which she read silently by the window
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	silently	silently	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past | Her mother's old letters |  |  |  |  | by the window; silently *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic |
| 2 | **letter** |  | Her mother |  |  |  |  |  | nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Court songs from the capital

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1353-pg4018-part13:t12:o4:1
# text = Court songs from the capital
1	Court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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