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title: the moon at the end was giving vibes — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man with… · tree and pragmatics
description: the moon at the end was giving vibes Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1384 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man with the Wen, part 44: the old man dances for the demons and loses his wen, and his wicked neighbour sets out to copy him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Test 8 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man with the Wen, part 44: t…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the moon at the end was giving vibes

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** moon · **What happens:** give · **To what, where:** vibes

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1384 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man with the Wen, part 44: the old man dances for the demons and loses his wen, and his wicked neighbour sets out to copy him» 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/1384-pg4018-part44/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1384-pg4018-part44:t8:1
# text = the moon at the end was giving vibes
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	vibes	vibe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · progressive | the moon at the end | vibes |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vibe=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it was a silver crescent hanging low, so pretty and bright

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1384-pg4018-part44:t8:o1:1
# text = it was a silver crescent hanging low, so pretty and bright
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	crescent	crescent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	low	low	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a silver crescent |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hang** | gerund | a silver crescent *not said here* |  |  |  |  | low, pretty *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it was a silver crescent, so pretty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1384-pg4018-part44:t8:o2:1
# text = it was a silver crescent, so pretty
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	crescent	crescent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a silver crescent |  |  |  | pretty *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it was a golden ring, so pretty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1384-pg4018-part44:t8:o3:1
# text = it was a golden ring, so pretty
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a golden ring |  |  |  | pretty *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it was a silver crescent over the hills, so pretty and calm, honestly

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1384-pg4018-part44:t8:o4:1
# text = it was a silver crescent over the hills, so pretty and calm, honestly
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	crescent	crescent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a silver crescent |  | the hills |  | honestly, pretty *property* | tree rules |

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