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title: fr was the nosy neighbour spying through the bamboo hedge? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Dog Shiro, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: fr was the nosy neighbour spying through the bamboo hedge? Test 6 · ★ 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 o
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# Test 6 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Dog Shiro, part 29: the greedy n…

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fr was the nosy neighbour spying through the bamboo hedge?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fr, nosy neighbour · **What happens:** be, spy · **To what, where:** nosy neighbour, bamboo hedge

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1369-pg4018-part29:t6:1
# text = fr was the nosy neighbour spying through the bamboo hedge?
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	nosy	nosy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	spying	spy	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	bamboo	bamboo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	hedge	hedge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | fr | the nosy neighbour |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **spy** | gerund | the nosy neighbour *not said here* |  |  | the bamboo hedge |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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Yes, he watched the old man digging and then ran to tell the village

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1369-pg4018-part29:t6:o1:1
# text = Yes, he watched the old man digging and then ran to tell the village
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	digging	dig	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | he | the old man |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme |
| 2 | **dig** | gerund | the old man *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **run** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the village |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent village=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, he watched the old man digging up the gold from the hedge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1369-pg4018-part29:t6:o2:1
# text = Yes, he watched the old man digging up the gold from the hedge
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	digging	dig	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	hedge	hedge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | he | the old man |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme |
| 2 | **dig up** | gerund | the old man *not said here* | the gold |  | the hedge |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent gold=Result from hedge=Material |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, he listened to the barking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1369-pg4018-part29:t6:o3:1
# text = Yes, he listened to the barking
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	listened	listen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	barking	barking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | past | he |  |  |  |  | to the barking | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to barking=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, he watched the old man digging

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1369-pg4018-part29:t6:o4:1
# text = Yes, he watched the old man digging
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	digging	dig	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | he | the old man |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme |
| 2 | **dig** | gerund | the old man *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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