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title: Kai from Newcastle: «that Hedgehog's canny, like.» (canny = clever)… — Just So Stories, The Beginning of the… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 8 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1:…

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Kai from Newcastle: «that Hedgehog's canny, like.» (canny = clever) Which trick shows it best?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** trick · **What happens:** show · **To what, where:** it

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kai from Newcastle: «that Hedgehog's canny, like.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t8:1
# text = Kai from Newcastle: «that Hedgehog's canny, like.»
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Newcastle	Newcastle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	Hedgehog	Hedgehog	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	canny	canny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* (canny = clever) Which trick shows it best?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t8:2
# text = (canny = clever) Which trick shows it best?
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	canny	canny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	4	punct	_	_
4	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	4	punct	_	_
6	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | which trick | it |  |  |  | well *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Pretending to be the Tortoise, so Jaguar grabs his prickles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t8:o1:1
# text = Pretending to be the Tortoise, so Jaguar grabs his prickles
1	Pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	Jaguar	Jaguar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	grabs	grab	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	prickles	prickle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | the Tortoise |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **grab** | present | Jaguar | Jaguar's prickles |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prickle=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Swimming under the river fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t8:o2:1
# text = Swimming under the river fast
1	Swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	under	under	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | gerund |  |  |  | the river |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under river=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pretending to be the Tortoise, so Jaguar grabs his prickles and ends up hurt

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t8:o3:1
# text = Pretending to be the Tortoise, so Jaguar grabs his prickles and ends up hurt
1	Pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	Jaguar	Jaguar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	grabs	grab	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	prickles	prickle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
14	up	up	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | the Tortoise |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **grab** | present | Jaguar | Jaguar's prickles |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prickle=Theme |
| 4 | **end up** | present | Jaguar *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **hurt** | participle | Jaguar *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Telling Jaguar a silly joke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t8:o4:1
# text = Telling Jaguar a silly joke
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	Jaguar	Jaguar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | a silly joke | Jaguar |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent jaguar=Recipient joke=Topic |

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