--- title: the brothers thought they were the strongest, lol? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Story of Pri… · tree and pragmatics description: the brothers thought they were the strongest, lol? Test 9 · ★ 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 questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1376-pg4018-part36/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Japanese Fairy Tales, The Story of Pri…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1376-pg4018-part36/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Story of Prince Yamato Take, par… the brothers thought they were the strongest, lol? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brothers · **What happens:** think, be This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1376-pg4018-part36:t9:1 # text = the brothers thought they were the strongest, lol? 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 strongest strong ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 lol lol INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the brothers | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | brothers *= brother* | | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | 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} Yeah, kinda ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1376-pg4018-part36:t9:o1:1 # text = Yeah, kinda 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 kinda kinda ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Yeah, they thought so, lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1376-pg4018-part36:t9:o2:1 # text = Yeah, they thought so, lol 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 lol lol INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | they | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, till the prince showed up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1376-pg4018-part36:t9:o3:1 # text = Yeah, till the prince showed up 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 till till SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show up** | past | the prince | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, they were weak ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1376-pg4018-part36:t9:o4:1 # text = Nah, they were weak 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | weak *property* | tree rules | **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. 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