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title: was his old house still standing? — Japanese Fairy Tales, Uraschimataro an… · tree and pragmatics
description: was his old house still standing? Test 6 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Uraschimataro and the Turtle, part 5…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
was his old house still standing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, stand · **To what, where:** old house

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1616-pg5615-part5:t6:1
# text = was his old house still standing?
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	csubj	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | his old house |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stand** | gerund |  |  |  |  | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 -->
Yeah, but looking weird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1616-pg5615-part5:t6:o1:1
# text = Yeah, but looking weird
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | weird *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, just a pile of wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1616-pg5615-part5:t6:o2:1
# text = Nope, just a pile of wood
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Not really, only the foundation stones and a patch of grass remain where it stood

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1616-pg5615-part5:t6:o3:1
# text = Not really, only the foundation stones and a patch of grass remain where it stood
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	foundation	foundation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	patch	patch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	remain	remain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	16	advmod	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | the foundation stones and a patch of grass |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stand** | past | grass |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, still there but now surrounded by a huge new wall and a strange tall gate

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1616-pg5615-part5:t6:o4:1
# text = Yeah, still there but now surrounded by a huge new wall and a strange tall gate
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	surrounded	surround	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surround** | participle |  |  |  |  | now | by a huge new wall | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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