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title: what's the vibe with the knights in the new tale? — Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, the la… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's the vibe with the knights in the new tale? Test 8 · ★ 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 8 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, the last part: Momotaro st…

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what's the vibe with the knights in the new tale?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** vibe · **What happens:** be

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1382-pg4018-part42:t8:1
# text = what's the vibe with the knights in the new tale?
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	vibe	vibe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	knights	knight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	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 vibe with the knights in the new tale |  |  |  |  |  | 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}

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they gathered in a hall to discuss the strange rumours about ogres and the city wall

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1382-pg4018-part42:t8:o1:1
# text = they gathered in a hall to discuss the strange rumours about ogres and the city wall
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	discuss	discuss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	rumours	rumour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	ogres	ogre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | past | they |  |  | a hall |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **discuss** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | the strange rumours and the city wall |  |  |  | about ogres | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rumour=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they argued about a rumour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1382-pg4018-part42:t8:o2:1
# text = they argued about a rumour
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	argued	argue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | past | they |  |  |  |  | about a rumour | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about rumour=Topic |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they sat around drinking sake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1382-pg4018-part42:t8:o3:1
# text = they sat around drinking sake
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	around	around	ADP	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	sake	sake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit around** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **drink** | gerund | they *not said here* | sake |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sake=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they sat around playing go

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1382-pg4018-part42:t8:o4:1
# text = they sat around playing go
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	around	around	ADP	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit around** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **play** | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **go** | infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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