--- title: Did the robbers really believe the captain was telling the truth? — Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robber… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the robbers really believe the captain was telling the truth? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 2003 «Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robbers: a robber's tall tale and the gold returned» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2003-pg7885-part22/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robber…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2003-pg7885-part22/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robbers: a robber's tall t… Did the robbers really believe the captain was telling the truth? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** robbers, captain · **What happens:** believe, tell · **To what, where:** truth · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 2003 «Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robbers: a robber's tall tale and the gold returned» 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/2003-pg7885-part22/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2003-pg7885-part22:t5:1 # text = Did the robbers really believe the captain was telling the truth? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | past · do-support | the robbers | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · progressive | the captain | the truth | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient | 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} Nah, they doubted him a bit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2003-pg7885-part22:t5:o1:1 # text = Nah, they doubted him a bit 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 doubted doubt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **doubt** | past | they | him *= he* | | | | a bit *obl:unmarked* | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, they laughed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2003-pg7885-part22:t5:o2:1 # text = Nah, they laughed 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | they | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, they believed him to the nines ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2003-pg7885-part22:t5:o3:1 # text = Yeah, they believed him to the nines 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 nines nine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | past | they | him *= he* | | | | to the nines | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, they thought it was true ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2003-pg7885-part22:t5:o4:1 # text = Yeah, they thought it was true 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | they | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | it | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | **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. 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