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title: Was the son happy at the end or nah? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Fox and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the son happy at the end or nah? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 713 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Fox and the Tanuki: the tanuki sells his wife, and his son takes revenge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice 
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# Test 13 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Fox and the Tanuki: the tanuki s…

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Was the son happy at the end or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** son

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 713 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Fox and the Tanuki: the tanuki sells his wife, and his son takes revenge» 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/713-pg2435-part53/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:713-pg2435-part53:t13:1
# text = Was the son happy at the end or nah?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	csubj	_	_
4	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the son |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Nah, he was sad his dad was gone for good now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:713-pg2435-part53:t13:o1:1
# text = Nah, he was sad his dad was gone for good now
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	nsubj	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	_
12	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | sad |  |  |  | now | for good; gone *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he missed his dad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:713-pg2435-part53:t13:o2:1
# text = Nah, he missed his dad
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | past | he | his dad |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dad=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, but he was still angry at the king for everything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:713-pg2435-part53:t13:o3:1
# text = Yeah, but he was still angry at the king for everything
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  | still | at the king for everything; angry *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, his mum was avenged

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:713-pg2435-part53:t13:o4:1
# text = Yeah, his mum was avenged
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	avenged	avenge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avenge** | past · passive |  | his mum |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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