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title: what's a plaudit, is that like a stupid word??? — Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's a plaudit, is that like a stupid word??? Test 9 · ★ 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 option; Mo
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# Test 9 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab trick…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what's a plaudit, is that like a stupid word???

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stupid word, plaudit · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** plaudit

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:t9:1
# text = what's a plaudit, is that like a stupid word???
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	plaudit	plaudit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	???	???	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a stupid word | a plaudit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | a plaudit |  |  |  |  | like a stupid word | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah it means applause, like clapping for someone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:t9:o1:1
# text = nah it means applause, like clapping for someone
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	applause	applause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	clapping	clap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | it | applause |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent applause=Topic |
| 2 | **clap** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for someone | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah it means applause, like clapping for someone who did something really good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:t9:o2:1
# text = nah it means applause, like clapping for someone who did something really good
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	applause	applause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	clapping	clap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	obj	_	_
13	really	really	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | it | applause |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent applause=Topic |
| 2 | **clap** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for someone | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **do** | past |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah it means a rude word, kinda

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:t9:o3:1
# text = yeah it means a rude word, kinda
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | it | a rude word |  |  |  | kinda *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah it's a type of fish, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:t9:o4:1
# text = nah it's a type of fish, mate
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	type	type	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a type and mate |  |  |  | of fish | 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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