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title: What would happen if Jaguar had remembered his Mother's words exactly? — Just So Stories, The Beginning of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if Jaguar had remembered his Mother's words exactly? Test 5 · ★ 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 tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 5 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1:…

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What would happen if Jaguar had remembered his Mother's words exactly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jaguar, Mother · **What happens:** happen, remember, word · **To what, where:** remembered words

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t5:1
# text = What would happen if Jaguar had remembered his Mother's words exactly?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	Jaguar	Jaguar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	remembered	remember	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	Mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
12	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  | Jaguar's Mother's remembered words |  |  |  | exactly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **remember** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Jaguar |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **word** |  | Jaguar's Mother |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication 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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He would have caught the Tortoise straight away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t5:o1:1
# text = He would have caught the Tortoise straight away
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Tortoise	Tortoise	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | would · perfect · passive |  | He |  |  |  | away *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary tortoise=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He would know the curled-up ball was Hedgehog and the shell was Tortoise

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t5:o2:1
# text = He would know the curled-up ball was Hedgehog and the shell was Tortoise
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	curled	curl	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	Hedgehog	Hedgehog	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	Tortoise	Tortoise	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | would | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **curl** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | past | the curled up ball | Hedgehog and Tortoise |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | past | the shell | Tortoise |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He would have known the Hedgehog was the one to avoid by sight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t5:o3:1
# text = He would have known the Hedgehog was the one to avoid by sight
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Hedgehog	Hedgehog	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | would · perfect · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the Hedgehog | the one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **avoid** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | by sight | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He would have seen both friends clearly and eaten the Tortoise at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t5:o4:1
# text = He would have seen both friends clearly and eaten the Tortoise at once
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | would · perfect | He | both friends |  |  |  | clearly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer friend=Stimulus |
| 2 | **eat** | participle | He *not said here* | the Tortoise |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tortoise=Patient |

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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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