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title: did the dog and pheasant do the heavy lifting? — Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, the la… · tree and pragmatics
description: did the dog and pheasant do the heavy lifting? Test 5 · ★ 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 pragmatics o
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# Test 5 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, the last part: Momotaro st…

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did the dog and pheasant do the heavy lifting?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** heavy lifting

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1382-pg4018-part42:t5:1
# text = did the dog and pheasant do the heavy lifting?
1	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	pheasant	pheasant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	lifting	lifting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | the dog and pheasant | the heavy lifting |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lifting=Eventuality |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they hauled the gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1382-pg4018-part42:t5:o1:1
# text = yeah, they hauled the gold
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	hauled	haul	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **haul** | past | they | the gold |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they dragged the empty carts back to the village over the mountain pass

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1382-pg4018-part42:t5:o2:1
# text = nah, they dragged the empty carts back to the village over the mountain pass
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dragged	drag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	over	over	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	pass	pass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag** | past | they | the empty carts |  | the mountain pass |  | to the village | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cart=Theme to village=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, the monkey carried it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1382-pg4018-part42:t5:o3:1
# text = nah, the monkey carried it
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | the monkey | it |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they carried all the loot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1382-pg4018-part42:t5:o4:1
# text = yeah, they carried all the loot
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	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	loot	loot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | they | all loot |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loot=Theme |

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