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title: oi mate, did the crab just trick that crane or what?? — Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: oi mate, did the crab just trick that crane or what?? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1826 «Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab tricks the crane, then Laili jumps into a fish» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 1 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab trick…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
oi mate, did the crab just trick that crane or what??

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** oi mate · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** crab

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1826 «Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab tricks the crane, then Laili jumps into a fish» 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/1826-pg7128-part10/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:t1:1
# text = oi mate, did the crab just trick that crane or what??
1	oi	oi	X	FW	_	2	compound	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	det	_	_
10	crane	crane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | oi mate | the crab |  |  |  | trick and that crane *obl:unmarked* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crab=Eventuality |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he just got eaten lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:t1:o1:1
# text = nah, he just got eaten lol
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah the crane tricked the crab right back lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:t1:o2:1
# text = nah the crane tricked the crab right back lol
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	crane	crane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tricked	trick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
9	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | past | the crane | the crab |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crab=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah he said "my grip is famous" and the crane believed him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:t1:o3:1
# text = yeah he said "my grip is famous" and the crane believed him
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	grip	grip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	crane	crane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	believed	believe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my grip |  |  |  |  | famous *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **believe** | past | the crane | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 4 | **grip** *in a quote* |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom grip «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah he said "famous grip" and the crane was like sure lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:t1:o4:1
# text = yeah he said "famous grip" and the crane was like sure lol
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	grip	grip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	crane	crane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
14	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | famous grip and the crane |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | tree rules |

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