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title: test: so wait, why was the dude sad at the start? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring,… · tree and pragmatics
description: test: so wait, why was the dude sad at the start? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1833 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 17: Harisarman fools the king with a lucky guess, and a kind young man buys a dog, a cat and a snake» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Test 3 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 17: Harisarman…

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test: so wait, why was the dude sad at the start?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** test, dude · **What happens:** wait, be

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1833 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 17: Harisarman fools the king with a lucky guess, and a kind young man buys a dog, a cat and a snake» 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/1833-pg7128-part17/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1833-pg7128-part17:t3:1
# text = test: so wait, why was the dude sad at the start?
1	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	parataxis	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
10	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | infinitive | test |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | the dude |  |  |  |  | why *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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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cuz he faked being smart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1833-pg7128-part17:t3:o1:1
# text = cuz he faked being smart
1	cuz	cuz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	faked	fake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	smart	smart	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fake** | past | cuz |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | gerund | cuz *not said here* |  |  |  |  | smart *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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cuz he pretended he knew everything about frogs and gold and snakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1833-pg7128-part17:t3:o2:1
# text = cuz he pretended he knew everything about frogs and gold and snakes
1	cuz	cuz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pretended	pretend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	obj	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | past | cuz |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | past | cuz | everything |  |  |  | about frogs and gold and snakes | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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cuz he faked knowing stuff and got caught by the king's men

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1833-pg7128-part17:t3:o3:1
# text = cuz he faked knowing stuff and got caught by the king's men
1	cuz	cuz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	faked	fake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	knowing	know	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fake** | past | cuz |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | gerund | cuz *not said here* | stuff |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer stuff=Stimulus |
| 3 | **catch** | past · passive | the king's men |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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cuz he faked knowing stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1833-pg7128-part17:t3:o4:1
# text = cuz he faked knowing stuff
1	cuz	cuz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	faked	fake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	knowing	know	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fake** | past | cuz | knowing stuff |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Patient |
| 2 | **know** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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