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title: wait, was the young crab really clueless about his dad? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, was the young crab really clueless about his dad? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1374 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Crab: the young crab takes revenge on the monkey who killed his father» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 11 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Crab: the young c…

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wait, was the young crab really clueless about his dad?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** young crab

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1374 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Crab: the young crab takes revenge on the monkey who killed his father» 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/1374-pg4018-part34/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1374-pg4018-part34:t11:1
# text = wait, was the young crab really clueless about his dad?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	clueless	clueless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the young crab |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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nope, it was all a plan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1374-pg4018-part34:t11:o1:1
# text = nope, it was all a plan
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | all plan |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yes, he was innocent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1374-pg4018-part34:t11:o2:1
# text = yes, he was innocent
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	innocent	innocent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | innocent *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, not at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1374-pg4018-part34:t11:o3:1
# text = nope, not at all
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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yes, he truly never knew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1374-pg4018-part34:t11:o4:1
# text = yes, he truly never knew
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **know** | past | he |  |  |  |  | truly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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