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title: ngl the nephews were so sus, what were they faking? — A Wonder-Book, The Minotaur, part 4: M… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl the nephews were so sus, what were they faking? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 2045 «A Wonder-Book, The Minotaur, part 4: Medea's poisoned wine nearly kills Theseus before his father recognizes him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 1 · ★ · A Wonder-Book, The Minotaur, part 4: Medea's poisoned wine…

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ngl the nephews were so sus, what were they faking?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, nephews · **What happens:** ngl, be, fake

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 2045 «A Wonder-Book, The Minotaur, part 4: Medea's poisoned wine nearly kills Theseus before his father recognizes him» 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/2045-pg976-part4/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2045-pg976-part4:t1:1
# text = ngl the nephews were so sus, what were they faking?
1	ngl	ngl	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	nephews	nephew	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	sus	suspect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	faking	fake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ngl** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the nephews |  |  |  |  | suspect *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **fake** | past · progressive | nephews *= nephew* |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

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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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acting like his cousin's kin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2045-pg976-part4:t1:o1:1
# text = acting like his cousin's kin
1	acting	act	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	kin	kin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | like his cousin's kin | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like kin=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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spying on him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2045-pg976-part4:t1:o2:1
# text = spying on him
1	spying	spy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spy** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | on him *= he* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |

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

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being his cousin's best mates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2045-pg976-part4:t1:o3:1
# text = being his cousin's best mates
1	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	cop	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | gerund |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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pretending to be his friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2045-pg976-part4:t1:o4:1
# text = pretending to be his friends
1	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | his friends |  |  |  |  | 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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