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title: That King's son was a total fake, he said he was kind but he was lyi… — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Hare of Inab… · tree and pragmatics
description: That King's son was a total fake, he said he was kind but he was lying! Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1375 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Hare of Inaba, part 35: the healed hare thanks the kind man, who is a fairy, not a King's son» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Test 4 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Hare of Inaba, part 35: the heal…

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That King's son was a total fake, he said he was kind but he was lying!

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** son, King · **What happens:** be, say, lie · **To what, where:** total fake · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1375 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Hare of Inaba, part 35: the healed hare thanks the kind man, who is a fairy, not a King's son» 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/1375-pg4018-part35/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1375-pg4018-part35:t4:1
# text = That King's son was a total fake, he said he was kind but he was lying!
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	fake	fake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	ccomp	_	_
15	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | that King's son | a total fake |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | King |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **lie** | past · progressive | King |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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What remedy did the fake man tell the hare to try?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1375-pg4018-part35:t4:o1:1
# text = What remedy did the fake man tell the hare to try?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	remedy	remedy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | what remedy |  | the hare |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent hare=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **try** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | what remedy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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What cure did the false man suggest to the hare?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1375-pg4018-part35:t4:o2:1
# text = What cure did the false man suggest to the hare?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	cure	cure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	suggest	suggest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | past · do-support | what cure |  | the hare |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to hare=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Which medicine did the liar offer the hare first?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1375-pg4018-part35:t4:o3:1
# text = Which medicine did the liar offer the hare first?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	liar	liar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	offer	offer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | past · do-support | which medicine | the hare |  |  |  | first *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent hare=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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What was his name?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1375-pg4018-part35:t4:o4:1
# text = What was his name?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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