--- title: is it a superstition or real magic, lol? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Ma… · tree and pragmatics description: is it a superstition or real magic, lol? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1362 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 22: the father finds the mirror, and the stepmother begs pardon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1362-pg4018-part22/t13/) [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/) / [Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Ma…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1362-pg4018-part22/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 22: th… is it a superstition or real magic, lol? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** superstition This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1362 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 22: the father finds the mirror, and the stepmother begs pardon» 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/1362-pg4018-part22/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1362-pg4018-part22:t13:1 # text = is it a superstition or real magic, lol? 1 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 superstition superstition NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 lol lol INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | a superstition or real magic | | | | | 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} a rumour people repeat, nothing more ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1362-pg4018-part22:t13:o1:1 # text = a rumour people repeat, nothing more 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rumour rumour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 repeat repeat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 obj _ _ 7 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **repeat** | present | rumour people | nothing | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} just a superstition, not real ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1362-pg4018-part22:t13:o2:1 # text = just a superstition, not real 1 just just ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 superstition superstition NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a folk belief, not proven ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1362-pg4018-part22:t13:o3:1 # text = a folk belief, not proven 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 belief belief NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 proven prove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **prove** | participle | | a folk belief *not said here* | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} real magic ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1362-pg4018-part22:t13:o4:1 # text = real magic 1 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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