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description: Jaz: «so Jaguar scooped the Tortoise out, ate him, end of story, lowkey sad.» (lowkey = a bit) Put it right. Test 1 · ★ of lesson 82 «Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1: Painted Jaguar and the muddled advice» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Test 1 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1:…

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Jaz: «so Jaguar scooped the Tortoise out, ate him, end of story, lowkey sad.» (lowkey = a bit) Put it right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jaguar, Jaz, lowkey · **What happens:** scoop out, eat, put · **To what, where:** Tortoise, Jaguar, bit

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 82 «Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1: Painted Jaguar and the muddled advice» 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/82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jaz: «so Jaguar scooped the Tortoise out, ate him, end of story, lowkey sad.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t1:1
# text = Jaz: «so Jaguar scooped the Tortoise out, ate him, end of story, lowkey sad.»
1	Jaz	Jaz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	Jaguar	Jaguar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	scooped	scoop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	parataxis	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
19	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scoop out** *in a quote* | past | Jaguar | the Tortoise |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tortoise=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** *in a quote* | past | Jaz | Jaguar |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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.

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*Sentence 2:* (lowkey = a bit) Put it right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t1:2
# text = (lowkey = a bit) Put it right.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	5	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
7	Put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	right	right	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | infinitive | lowkey | bit |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No one is eaten: Jaguar grabs the Hedgehog by mistake and Tortoise swims off

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t1:o1:1
# text = No one is eaten: Jaguar grabs the Hedgehog by mistake and Tortoise swims off
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	Jaguar	Jaguar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	grabs	grab	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Hedgehog	Hedgehog	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	Tortoise	Tortoise	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	swims	swim	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
15	off	off	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present · passive |  | no one |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **grab** | present | Jaguar | the Hedgehog |  |  |  | by mistake | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hedgehog=Theme |
| 3 | **swim off** | present | Tortoise |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No one is eaten: Jaguar grabs the Hedgehog by mistake, and Tortoise swims off under the water to safety, so the story ends happily

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t1:o2:1
# text = No one is eaten: Jaguar grabs the Hedgehog by mistake, and Tortoise swims off under the water to safety, so the story ends happily
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	Jaguar	Jaguar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	grabs	grab	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Hedgehog	Hedgehog	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	Tortoise	Tortoise	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	swims	swim	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
16	off	off	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
17	under	under	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	so	so	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
26	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
27	happily	happily	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present · passive |  | no one |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **grab** | present | Jaguar | the Hedgehog |  |  |  | by mistake | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hedgehog=Theme |
| 3 | **swim off** | present | Tortoise |  |  | the water |  | to safety | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to safety=Destination |
| 4 | **end** | present | the story |  |  |  |  | happily *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Jaguar eats the Hedgehog, and Tortoise is safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t1:o3:1
# text = Jaguar eats the Hedgehog, and Tortoise is safe
1	Jaguar	Jaguar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Hedgehog	Hedgehog	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	Tortoise	Tortoise	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Jaguar | the Hedgehog |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hedgehog=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | Tortoise |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Jaguar eats the Hedgehog by mistake after the Tortoise swims away safely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t1:o4:1
# text = Jaguar eats the Hedgehog by mistake after the Tortoise swims away safely
1	Jaguar	Jaguar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Hedgehog	Hedgehog	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Tortoise	Tortoise	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	swims	swim	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
11	away	away	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Jaguar | the Hedgehog |  |  |  | by mistake | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hedgehog=Patient |
| 2 | **swim away** | present | the Tortoise |  |  |  |  | away, safely *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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