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title: What was the big challenge on the bridge, lol? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Fox and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the big challenge on the bridge, lol? Test 9 · ★ 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'
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# Test 9 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Fox and the Tanuki: the tanuki s…

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What was the big challenge on the bridge, lol?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** big challenge, bridge

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:713-pg2435-part53:t9:1
# text = What was the big challenge on the bridge, lol?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	challenge	challenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the big challenge |  | the bridge |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dad had to find him in any disguise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:713-pg2435-part53:t9:o1:1
# text = Dad had to find him in any disguise
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	disguise	disguise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | Dad *not said here* | Dad |  | any disguise |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dad had to beat him at a riddle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:713-pg2435-part53:t9:o2:1
# text = Dad had to beat him at a riddle
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	beat	beat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	riddle	riddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **beat** | to-infinitive | Dad *not said here* | Dad |  | a riddle |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Whoever lost had to leave the forest and live with the king forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:713-pg2435-part53:t9:o3:1
# text = Whoever lost had to leave the forest and live with the king forever
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | Whoever *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** | past | Whoever |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **leave** | to-infinitive | Whoever *not said here* | the forest |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forest=Theme |
| 4 | **live** | present | Whoever *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the king; forever *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with king=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dad had to find him in any disguise before the sun set over the hills

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:713-pg2435-part53:t9:o4:1
# text = Dad had to find him in any disguise before the sun set over the hills
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	disguise	disguise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	over	over	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | Dad *not said here* | Dad |  | any disguise | before the sun |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic |
| 3 | **set** | participle |  | the sun *not said here* |  | the hills |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent over hill=Destination |

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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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