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title: ok so who even was the lady at the door? — Japanese Fairy Tales, Uraschimataro an… · tree and pragmatics
description: ok so who even was the lady at the door? Test 2 · ★ 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
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# Test 2 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Uraschimataro and the Turtle, part 5…

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ok so who even was the lady at the door?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** lady, door

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1616-pg5615-part5:t2:1
# text = ok so who even was the lady at the door?
1	ok	ok	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the lady |  | the door |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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A neighbor who swore she knew his family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1616-pg5615-part5:t2:o1:1
# text = A neighbor who swore she knew his family
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	neighbor	neighbor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	swore	swear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | past | a neighbor |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **know** | past | a neighbor | his family |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer family=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some lady who had zero clue about his fam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1616-pg5615-part5:t2:o2:1
# text = Some lady who had zero clue about his fam
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	zero	zero	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	clue	clue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | some lady | zero clue |  |  |  | about his fam | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clue=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some relative who totally knew his whole family and had been keeping track of all of them for years

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1616-pg5615-part5:t2:o3:1
# text = Some relative who totally knew his whole family and had been keeping track of all of them for years
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	relative	relative	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	aux	_	_
12	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
13	track	track	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nmod	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relative** | present | Some |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | past |  | his whole family |  |  |  | totally *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer family=Stimulus |
| 3 | **keep** | past · perfect · progressive |  | track of all |  |  | year |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent track=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some random lady who lived there and maybe was related to the fam somehow, idk, she was like a cousin or something

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1616-pg5615-part5:t2:o4:1
# text = Some random lady who lived there and maybe was related to the fam somehow, idk, she was like a cousin or something
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	related	related	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	somehow	somehow	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
16	idk	idk	INTJ	UH	_	22	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
18	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
20	like	like	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
23	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	22	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | some random lady |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | some random lady *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the fam; maybe, related *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | some random lady |  |  |  |  | like a cousin | tree rules |

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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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