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title: how did the bros not clock him tho? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Story of Pri… · tree and pragmatics
description: how did the bros not clock him tho? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1376 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Story of Prince Yamato Take, part 1: a prince dresses as a lady to trick and slay a rebel chief» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Story of Prince Yamato Take, par…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
how did the bros not clock him tho?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** bros

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1376 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Story of Prince Yamato Take, part 1: a prince dresses as a lady to trick and slay a rebel chief» 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/1376-pg4018-part36/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1376-pg4018-part36:t2:1
# text = how did the bros not clock him tho?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bros	bro	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	tho	tho	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the bros |  |  |  | tho *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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bro, they were so wasted on wine and music that the lady could've been anyone, the whole tent just said yes

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1376-pg4018-part36:t2:o1:1
# text = Bro, they were so wasted on wine and music that the lady could've been anyone, the whole tent just said yes
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	wasted	waste	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
14	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	've	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	aux	_	_
16	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	17	cop	_	_
17	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
22	just	just	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	_
24	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **waste** | past · passive |  | Bro |  |  |  | on wine and music *goal* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Asset on wine=Goal |
| 2 | **is a** | could · perfect | the lady | anyone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the whole tent |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lowkey they never even looked up at him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1376-pg4018-part36:t2:o2:1
# text = Lowkey they never even looked up at him
1	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	looked	look	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **look up** | participle · passive |  | Lowkey |  |  |  | at him *= he* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They were totally drunk off the wine and the girls, so they didn't even bother checking who was walking in, no cap

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1376-pg4018-part36:t2:o3:1
# text = They were totally drunk off the wine and the girls, so they didn't even bother checking who was walking in, no cap
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	drunk	drink	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
14	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
16	even	even	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	bother	bother	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
18	checking	check	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	xcomp	_	_
19	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
20	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	ccomp	_	_
22	in	in	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	25	det	_	_
25	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink off** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  | off the wine and the girls; totally *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **bother** | past · do-support | girls *= girl* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **check** | gerund | girls *= girl* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **walk in** | past · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They were too vibin' on wine, no cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1376-pg4018-part36:t2:o4:1
# text = They were too vibin' on wine, no cap
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	vibin	vibin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
```

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

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