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title: ngl that mortar was lit, what did it do? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Dog Shiro, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl that mortar was lit, what did it do? Test 3 · ★ 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 and of each option; Mov
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# Test 3 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Dog Shiro, part 29: the greedy n…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ngl that mortar was lit, what did it do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mortar · **What happens:** lit, do · **To what, where:** ngl

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1369-pg4018-part29:t3:1
# text = ngl that mortar was lit, what did it do?
1	ngl	ngl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	mortar	mortar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	lit	lit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obj	_	_
8	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lit** | past · passive |  | ngl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past · do-support | mortar | ngl |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
made more rice cakes than went in, every single day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1369-pg4018-part29:t3:o1:1
# text = made more rice cakes than went in, every single day
1	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
3	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cakes	cake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
10	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past |  | more rice cakes |  |  | day |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cake=Product |
| 2 | **go in** | past | more rice cakes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
turned rice into extra cakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1369-pg4018-part29:t3:o2:1
# text = turned rice into extra cakes
1	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cakes	cake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past |  | rice |  | extra cakes |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent rice=Theme into cake=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
made more rice cakes than went in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1369-pg4018-part29:t3:o3:1
# text = made more rice cakes than went in
1	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
3	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cakes	cake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past |  | more rice cakes |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cake=Product |
| 2 | **go in** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
gave more cakes than rice given

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1369-pg4018-part29:t3:o4:1
# text = gave more cakes than rice given
1	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	cakes	cake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past |  | more cakes |  |  |  | than rice | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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