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title: my guy got salty about his shadow, how big did he think he was? — Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: my guy got salty about his shadow, how big did he think he was? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 401 «Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the Partridge: a stranger bird learns that the cocks fight each other too» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 5 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the Partridge: a strange…

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my guy got salty about his shadow, how big did he think he was?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** guy · **What happens:** get, think, be, shadow · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 401 «Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the Partridge: a stranger bird learns that the cocks fight each other too» 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/401-pg21-part22/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:401-pg21-part22:t5:1
# text = my guy got salty about his shadow, how big did he think he was?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	shadow	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
11	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | my guy |  |  |  |  | about guy's shadow; salty *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | guy |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **be** | past | guy |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **shadow** |  | guy |  |  |  |  |  | nom shadow «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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Tall enough to rule the forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:401-pg21-part22:t5:o1:1
# text = Tall enough to rule the forest
1	Tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	rule	rule	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | to-infinitive |  | the forest |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forest=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Strong enough to beat the lion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:401-pg21-part22:t5:o2:1
# text = Strong enough to beat the lion
1	Strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	beat	beat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** | to-infinitive |  | the lion |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lion=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Big enough to scare birds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:401-pg21-part22:t5:o3:1
# text = Big enough to scare birds
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	scare	scare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare** | to-infinitive |  | birds |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bird=Experiencer |

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

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Big enough to be king of all beasts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:401-pg21-part22:t5:o4:1
# text = Big enough to be king of all beasts
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	advcl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | king |  |  |  | of all beasts | tree rules |

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