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title: Ngl, why are jellyfish all squishy now? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, why are jellyfish all squishy now? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1372 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Jelly Fish: the monkey tricks the jelly fish and escapes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 7 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Jelly Fish: the m…

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Ngl, why are jellyfish all squishy now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl · **What happens:** be

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1372 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Jelly Fish: the monkey tricks the jelly fish and escapes» 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/1372-pg4018-part32/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1372-pg4018-part32:t7:1
# text = Ngl, why are jellyfish all squishy now?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	squishy	squishy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Ngl |  |  |  | now | all, squishy *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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cause the Dragon King ordered it long ago on their ancestor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1372-pg4018-part32:t7:o1:1
# text = cause the Dragon King ordered it long ago on their ancestor
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	reparandum	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
8	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	ancestor	ancestor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **order** | past | the Dragon King | it |  | their ancestor |  | ago *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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because the monkey tricked them and stole all their bones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1372-pg4018-part32:t7:o2:1
# text = because the monkey tricked them and stole all their bones
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tricked	trick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | past | the monkey | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **steal** | past | the monkey *not said here* | their bones |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bone=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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cause their bones got pulled out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1372-pg4018-part32:t7:o3:1
# text = cause their bones got pulled out
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	ccomp	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pull out** | past · passive |  | their bones |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
because their bones got taken out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1372-pg4018-part32:t7:o4:1
# text = because their bones got taken out
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take out** | past · passive |  | their bones |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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