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title: Lowkey, that driver guy is kinda sus, right? — Pinocchio, The Land of Toys, part 19:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lowkey, that driver guy is kinda sus, right? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1406 «Pinocchio, The Land of Toys, part 19: Pinocchio is tempted, refuses, then climbs onto a donkey and hears a warning whisper» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 2 · ★ · Pinocchio, The Land of Toys, part 19: Pinocchio is tempted…

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Lowkey, that driver guy is kinda sus, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** driver guy · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** kinda sus

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1406 «Pinocchio, The Land of Toys, part 19: Pinocchio is tempted, refuses, then climbs onto a donkey and hears a warning whisper» 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/1406-pg500-part19/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1406-pg500-part19:t2:1
# text = Lowkey, that driver guy is kinda sus, right?
1	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
4	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	kinda	kinda	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
10	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | that driver guy | kinda sus |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fr, the way he bites those donkey ears is wild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1406-pg500-part19:t2:o1:1
# text = Fr, the way he bites those donkey ears is wild
1	Fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	bites	bite	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
8	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | present | he | that donkey ears |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | Fr |  |  |  |  | wild *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fr, the way he sells those donkey tickets is shady

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1406-pg500-part19:t2:o2:1
# text = Fr, the way he sells those donkey tickets is shady
1	Fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sells	sell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
8	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	tickets	ticket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	shady	shady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | present | he | that donkey tickets |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ticket=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Fr |  |  |  |  | shady *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fr, the way he bites those donkey ears is wild, and he never explains why he does it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1406-pg500-part19:t2:o3:1
# text = Fr, the way he bites those donkey ears is wild, and he never explains why he does it
1	Fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	bites	bite	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
8	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	explains	explain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
17	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	19	advmod	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	ccomp	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | present | he | that donkey ears |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | Fr |  |  |  |  | wild *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **explain** *speech: assert* | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **do** | present | he | Fr |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fr, he seems nice to the donkeys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1406-pg500-part19:t2:o4:1
# text = Fr, he seems nice to the donkeys
1	Fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	seems	seem	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | present | he | Fr |  |  |  | to the donkeys; nice *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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