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title: Real life: which statement is true? — Just So Stories, The Beginning of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Real life: which statement is true? Test 9 · ★ 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 of each option; Mova's choice was wr
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# Test 9 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1:…

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Real life: which statement is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Real life · **What happens:** be

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t9:1
# text = Real life: which statement is true?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det	_	_
5	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Real life |  |  |  |  | true *property* | 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 {#o1}

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Jaguars hate water and never go near any river at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t9:o1:1
# text = Jaguars hate water and never go near any river at all
1	Jaguars	jaguar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | present | Jaguars | water |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **go** | infinitive | Jaguars *not said here* |  |  | any river |  | at all | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near river=Location |

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

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Real jaguars swim well and can crack a turtle's shell with their bite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t9:o2:1
# text = Real jaguars swim well and can crack a turtle's shell with their bite
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	jaguars	jaguar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	swim	swim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	crack	crack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	turtle	turtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | present | Real jaguars |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **crack** | can | Real jaguars *not said here* | a turtle's shell |  |  |  | with jaguars's bite | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent shell=Patient with bite=Instrument |
| 3 | **bite** |  | jaguars *= jaguar* |  |  |  |  |  | nom bite «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Real jaguars swim well and can crack a turtle's shell with their bite, but they never eat hedgehogs at all in the wild

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t9:o3:1
# text = Real jaguars swim well and can crack a turtle's shell with their bite, but they never eat hedgehogs at all in the wild
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	jaguars	jaguar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	swim	swim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	crack	crack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	turtle	turtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
19	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
20	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	_
21	at	at	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	obl	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | present | Real jaguars |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **crack** | can | Real jaguars *not said here* | a turtle's shell |  |  |  | with jaguars's bite | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent shell=Patient with bite=Instrument |
| 3 | **not** **eat** | present | jaguars *= jaguar* | hedgehogs |  | all |  | in the wild | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hedgehog=Patient |
| 4 | **bite** |  | jaguars *= jaguar* |  |  |  |  |  | nom bite «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Jaguars never hunt at night in the wet forest rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t9:o4:1
# text = Jaguars never hunt at night in the wet forest rain
1	Jaguars	jaguar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hunt** | present | Jaguars |  |  | the wet forest rain | night |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in rain=Location |

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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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