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# Test 1 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Dog Shiro, part 29: the greedy n…

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yo so the dog just starts digging and boom, gold, how is that even fair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** yo · **What happens:** start, dig, be

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1369 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Dog Shiro, part 29: the greedy neighbour borrows the magic mortar and breaks it» 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/1369-pg4018-part29/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1369-pg4018-part29:t1:1
# text = yo so the dog just starts digging and boom, gold, how is that even fair?
1	yo	yo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	digging	dig	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	boom	boom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	even	even	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | present | yo so the dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **dig** | gerund | yo so the dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | yo so the dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Shiro dug up gold for his master

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1369-pg4018-part29:t1:o1:1
# text = Shiro dug up gold for his master
1	Shiro	Shiro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dug	dig	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig up** | past | Shiro | gold |  |  |  | for Shiro's master | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent gold=Result for master=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Shiro led his master to the gold by digging

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1369-pg4018-part29:t1:o2:1
# text = Shiro led his master to the gold by digging
1	Shiro	Shiro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	digging	dig	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | past | Shiro | Shiro's master |  | the gold |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent master=Theme to gold=Destination |
| 2 | **dig** | gerund | Shiro *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Shiro led his master to the gold by digging and barking loudly at the hole

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1369-pg4018-part29:t1:o3:1
# text = Shiro led his master to the gold by digging and barking loudly at the hole
1	Shiro	Shiro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	digging	dig	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	barking	bark	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	_
12	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | past | Shiro | Shiro's master |  | the gold |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent master=Theme to gold=Destination |
| 2 | **dig** | gerund | Shiro *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **bark** | gerund | Shiro *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the hole; loudly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at hole=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Shiro led his master to the gold by digging under the yenoki tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1369-pg4018-part29:t1:o4:1
# text = Shiro led his master to the gold by digging under the yenoki tree
1	Shiro	Shiro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	digging	dig	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
10	under	under	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	yenoki	yenoki	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | past | Shiro | Shiro's master |  | the gold |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent master=Theme to gold=Destination |
| 2 | **dig** | gerund | Shiro *not said here* |  |  | the yenoki tree |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent under tree=Location |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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