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description: Tortoise says: «if you want to see me swim away you've only got to drop me into the water.» Why is this clever? Test 3 · ★ 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 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1:…

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Tortoise says: «if you want to see me swim away you've only got to drop me into the water.» Why is this clever?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Tortoise, you, this · **What happens:** say, want, see, swim away, get, drop · **To what, where:** Tortoise, water · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Tortoise says: «if you want to see me swim away you've only got to drop me into the water.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t3:1
# text = Tortoise says: «if you want to see me swim away you've only got to drop me into the water.»
1	Tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	only	only	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	parataxis	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	drop	drop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
19	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	into	into	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Tortoise |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **want** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **see** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | Tortoise |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **swim away** *in a quote* | infinitive | Tortoise *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 6 | **drop** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | Tortoise |  | the water |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme into water=Destination |

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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:* Why is this clever?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t3:2
# text = Why is this clever?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It is only a joke, because Tortoise cannot swim at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t3:o1:1
# text = It is only a joke, because Tortoise cannot swim at all
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	Tortoise	Tortoise	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a joke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **swim** | can | Tortoise |  |  | all |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Jaguar wants to swim too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t3:o2:1
# text = Jaguar wants to swim too
1	Jaguar	Jaguar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | Jaguar |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **swim** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Jaguar *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It makes Jaguar angry at last

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t3:o3:1
# text = It makes Jaguar angry at last
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Jaguar	Jaguar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | Jaguar |  | last |  | angry *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material jaguar=Product |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It is true, but Jaguar thinks it is a trick and does exactly that

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t3:o4:1
# text = It is true, but Jaguar thinks it is a trick and does exactly that
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	Jaguar	Jaguar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	ccomp	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Jaguar |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present | it | a trick |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **do** | present | that |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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