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title: The goblin lives on what, exactly? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Ad… · tree and pragmatics
description: The goblin lives on what, exactly? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1363 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara, part 1: a lost priest finds a lonely hut and a forbidden room» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 12 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara, part 1:…

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The goblin lives on what, exactly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** goblin · **What happens:** live

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1363 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara, part 1: a lost priest finds a lonely hut and a forbidden room» 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/1363-pg4018-part23/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1363-pg4018-part23:t12:1
# text = The goblin lives on what, exactly?
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	goblin	goblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | the goblin |  |  |  |  | exactly *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on what=Location |

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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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Wild berries, yuck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1363-pg4018-part23:t12:o1:1
# text = Wild berries, yuck
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	yuck	yuck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Whatever poor travellers wander into her cottage after nightfall, yuck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1363-pg4018-part23:t12:o2:1
# text = Whatever poor travellers wander into her cottage after nightfall, yuck
1	Whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	det:predet	_	_
2	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wander	wander	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	nightfall	nightfall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	yuck	yuck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wander** | present | whatever poor travellers |  |  | her cottage | after nightfall and yuck |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into cottage=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Human flesh and bones, yuck, plus whatever scraps the foxes leave behind on the plain

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1363-pg4018-part23:t12:o3:1
# text = Human flesh and bones, yuck, plus whatever scraps the foxes leave behind on the plain
1	Human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	yuck	yuck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	scraps	scrap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	leave	leave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scrap** | present | whatever |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **leave behind** | present | Human flesh and bones and yuck |  |  | the plain |  | behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on plain=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Human flesh, yuck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1363-pg4018-part23:t12:o4:1
# text = Human flesh, yuck
1	Human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	yuck	yuck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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