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title: what's the rumour the knights are arguing about? — Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, the la… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's the rumour the knights are arguing about? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1382 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, the last part: Momotaro storms the Demon King's castle, frees the captives and takes the devil chief home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 12 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, the last part: Momotaro st…

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what's the rumour the knights are arguing about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rumour, knights · **What happens:** be, argue · **To what, where:** rumour

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1382 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, the last part: Momotaro storms the Demon King's castle, frees the captives and takes the devil chief home» 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/1382-pg4018-part42/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1382-pg4018-part42:t12:1
# text = what's the rumour the knights are arguing about?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	knights	knight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	arguing	argue	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the rumour |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present · progressive | the knights | the rumour *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent rumour=Topic |

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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}

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a sighting of a giant ogre roaming the whole northern road to the sea each night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1382-pg4018-part42:t12:o1:1
# text = a sighting of a giant ogre roaming the whole northern road to the sea each night
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sighting	sighting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ogre	ogre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	roaming	roam	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
15	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roam** | gerund | a sighting of a giant ogre | the whole northern road |  |  | night | to the sea | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme road=Trajectory |
| 2 | **sight** |  |  | a giant ogre |  |  |  |  | nom sighting «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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bandits near the river bridge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1382-pg4018-part42:t12:o2:1
# text = bandits near the river bridge
1	bandits	bandit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	near	near	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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ogres at the Gate of Rashomon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1382-pg4018-part42:t12:o3:1
# text = ogres at the Gate of Rashomon
1	ogres	ogre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Gate	Gate	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Rashomon	Rashomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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ghosts at the ruined shrine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1382-pg4018-part42:t12:o4:1
# text = ghosts at the ruined shrine
1	ghosts	ghost	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	ruined	ruin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	shrine	shrine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ruin** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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