--- title: the dog said a monkey is useless in battle, harsh much — Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, part 4… · tree and pragmatics description: the dog said a monkey is useless in battle, harsh much Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1380 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, part 40: Momotaro leaves home and gains a dog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1380-pg4018-part40/t8/) [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, Momotaro, part 4…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1380-pg4018-part40/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, part 40: Momotaro leaves h… the dog said a monkey is useless in battle, harsh much **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog, monkey · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** battle · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1380 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, part 40: Momotaro leaves home and gains a dog» 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/1380-pg4018-part40/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1380-pg4018-part40:t8:1 # text = the dog said a monkey is useless in battle, harsh much 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 useless useless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 harsh harsh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 12 much much ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the dog | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | a monkey | | | battle | | useless *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | a monkey *not said here* | | | | | | 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, he said the monkey was lazy and slow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1380-pg4018-part40:t8:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he said the monkey was lazy and slow 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 lazy lazy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the monkey | | | | | lazy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | the monkey *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Yes, he called the monkey a total nuisance ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1380-pg4018-part40:t8:o2:1 # text = Yes, he called the monkey a total nuisance 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 total total ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 nuisance nuisance NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | he | | the monkey | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent monkey=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, that's harsh ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1380-pg4018-part40:t8:o3:1 # text = Yeah, that's harsh 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 harsh harsh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that | | | | | harsh *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yeah, he said it wasn't dignified to follow him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1380-pg4018-part40:t8:o4:1 # text = Yeah, he said it wasn't dignified to follow him 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 dignified dignify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **dignify** | past · passive | | it | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **follow** | to-infinitive | | him *= he* | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | **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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