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title: Were their kids famous, or what? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bride and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Were their kids famous, or what? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1798 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bride and the Helmet: the helmet bursts open and the wedding ends happily» 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 9 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bride and the Helmet: the helmet…

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Were their kids famous, or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kids · **What happens:** be

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1798 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bride and the Helmet: the helmet bursts open and the wedding ends happily» 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/1798-pg641-part49/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1798-pg641-part49:t9:1
# text = Were their kids famous, or what?
1	Were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | their kids |  |  |  |  | famous *property* | 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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Yeah, known for being kind and lovely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1798-pg641-part49:t9:o1:1
# text = Yeah, known for being kind and lovely
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
6	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yeah, famous all across Japan for being good and beautiful and well loved by everyone who knew them

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1798-pg641-part49:t9:o2:1
# text = Yeah, famous all across Japan for being good and beautiful and well loved by everyone who knew them
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	across	across	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
14	loved	love	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	14	obl	_	_
17	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
18	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
19	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **love** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by everyone; well *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **know** | past |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, famous across Japan for being good and beautiful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1798-pg641-part49:t9:o3:1
# text = Yeah, famous across Japan for being good and beautiful
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	across	across	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, mate, their kids were famous right across the whole of Japan for their goodness and beauty

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1798-pg641-part49:t9:o4:1
# text = Yeah, mate, their kids were famous right across the whole of Japan for their goodness and beauty
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
9	right	right	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	across	across	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advcl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	goodness	goodness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | their kids |  |  |  |  | for kids's goodness and beauty; famous *property* | tree rules |

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