--- title: the Pygmies think they're the smartest, innit — Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10… · tree and pragmatics description: the Pygmies think they're the smartest, innit Test 4 · ★ of lesson 2051 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10: a Pygmy spots a huge stranger coming and wakes the sleeping giant» 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/2051-pg976-part10/t4/) [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/) / [Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2051-pg976-part10/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10: a Pygmy spots a hu… the Pygmies think they're the smartest, innit **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Pygmies · **What happens:** think, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 2051 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10: a Pygmy spots a huge stranger coming and wakes the sleeping giant» 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/2051-pg976-part10/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2051-pg976-part10:t4:1 # text = the Pygmies think they're the smartest, innit 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Pygmies pygmy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 smartest smart ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 innit innit INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | the Pygmies | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | Pygmies *= pygmy* | | | | | smart *property* | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} yeah they reckon the giant is well dim and needs them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2051-pg976-part10:t4:o1:1 # text = yeah they reckon the giant is well dim and needs them 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reckon reckon VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 8 dim dim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | they | the giant | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent giant=Attribute | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | dim, well *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **need** | present | | them *= they* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot they=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah they think the cranes are their best mates ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2051-pg976-part10:t4:o2:1 # text = yeah they think the cranes are their best mates 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cranes crane NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 amod _ _ 9 mates mate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | they | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | the cranes | cranes's best mates | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} nah they never thought anything about it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2051-pg976-part10:t4:o3:1 # text = nah they never thought anything about it 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obj _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | past | they | anything | | | | about it | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot anything=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} nah they reckon the giant is the smartest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2051-pg976-part10:t4:o4:1 # text = nah they reckon the giant is the smartest 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reckon reckon VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 smartest smart ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | they | the giant | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent giant=Attribute | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | smart *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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