--- title: what did he think was going on, tbh? — Japanese Fairy Tales, Uraschimataro an… · tree and pragmatics description: what did he think was going on, tbh? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1616 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Uraschimataro and the Turtle, part 5: three hundred years have passed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was ri --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1616-pg5615-part5/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Japanese Fairy Tales, Uraschimataro an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1616-pg5615-part5/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Uraschimataro and the Turtle, part 5… what did he think was going on, tbh? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** think, go on · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1616 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Uraschimataro and the Turtle, part 5: three hundred years have passed» 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/1616-pg5615-part5/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1616-pg5615-part5:t10:1 # text = what did he think was going on, tbh? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 7 on on ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 tbh tbh INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | he | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Attribute clause=Theme | | 2 | **go on** | past · progressive | | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} Maybe the princess had sent a messenger to test whether he would break her rule ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1616-pg5615-part5:t10:o1:1 # text = Maybe the princess had sent a messenger to test whether he would break her rule 1 Maybe maybe ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 test test VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 10 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past · perfect · passive | | the princess | | | | maybe *property* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination messenger=Theme | | 2 | **test** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **break** | would | he | princess's rule | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient | | 4 | **rule** | | princess | | | | | | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Maybe the old fox spirits of the mountain were playing tricks on him in the village ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1616-pg5615-part5:t10:o2:1 # text = Maybe the old fox spirits of the mountain were playing tricks on him in the village 1 Maybe maybe ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 11 tricks trick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | past · progressive | the old fox spirits of the mountain | tricks | | the village | | on him *= he*; maybe *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Maybe a ghost in the house ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1616-pg5615-part5:t10:o3:1 # text = Maybe a ghost in the house 1 Maybe maybe ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 ghost ghost NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Maybe an enchanter's spell ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1616-pg5615-part5:t10:o4:1 # text = Maybe an enchanter's spell 1 Maybe maybe ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 enchanter enchanter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spell** | | a enchanter | | | | | | nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent | **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. 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