--- title: lol the mean neighbour was so salty, what did he do to Shiro? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Dog Shiro, p… · tree and pragmatics description: lol the mean neighbour was so salty, what did he do to Shiro? Test 2 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1369-pg4018-part29/t2/) [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 Dog Shiro, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1369-pg4018-part29/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Dog Shiro, part 29: the greedy n… lol the mean neighbour was so salty, what did he do to Shiro? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mean neighbour, he · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** Shiro This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1369-pg4018-part29:t2:1 # text = lol the mean neighbour was so salty, what did he do to Shiro? 1 lol lol INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 mean mean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 salty salty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 obj _ _ 10 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Shiro Shiro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the mean neighbour | | | | | salty *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past · do-support | he | | Shiro | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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} struck him down with a rake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1369-pg4018-part29:t2:o1:1 # text = struck him down with a rake 1 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 down down ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rake rake NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike down** | past | | him *= he* | | | | with a rake | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with rake=Instrument | ### Option 2 {#o2} struck him dead with a spade in his own garden ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1369-pg4018-part29:t2:o2:1 # text = struck him dead with a spade in his own garden 1 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 spade spade NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past | | him *= he* | | his own garden | | with a spade; dead *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with spade=Instrument | ### Option 3 {#o3} struck him dead with a spade and buried him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1369-pg4018-part29:t2:o3:1 # text = struck him dead with a spade and buried him 1 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 spade spade NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 buried bury VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past | | him *= he* | | | | with a spade; dead *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with spade=Instrument | | 2 | **bury** | past | | him *= he* | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} struck him dead with a spade ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1369-pg4018-part29:t2:o4:1 # text = struck him dead with a spade 1 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 spade spade NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past | | him *= he* | | | | with a spade; dead *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with spade=Instrument | **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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