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title: Why do Hedgehog and Tortoise each want the OTHER's skill? — Just So Stories, The Beginning of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do Hedgehog and Tortoise each want the OTHER's skill? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 83 «Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 2: swimming lessons, curling lessons, and a new name» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 2 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 2:…

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Why do Hedgehog and Tortoise each want the OTHER's skill?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, want · **To what, where:** Hedgehog, skill

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 83 «Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 2: swimming lessons, curling lessons, and a new name» 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/83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:t2:1
# text = Why do Hedgehog and Tortoise each want the OTHER's skill?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
3	Hedgehog	Hedgehog	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Tortoise	Tortoise	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	OTHER	OTHER	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | Hedgehog and Tortoise |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hedgehog=Eventuality |
| 2 | **want** | present |  | the OTHER's skill |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot skill=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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Each wants to be the best

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:t2:o1:1
# text = Each wants to be the best
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | Each |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Each *not said here* |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Each wants to hide from Jaguar's sharp claws in the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:t2:o2:1
# text = Each wants to hide from Jaguar's sharp claws in the water
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	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	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	Jaguar	Jaguar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | Each |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Each *not said here* |  |  | Jaguar's sharp claws |  | in the water | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from claw=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Jaguar's rhyme tells him how to catch each one, so each needs what he lacks

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:t2:o3:1
# text = Jaguar's rhyme tells him how to catch each one, so each needs what he lacks
1	Jaguar	Jaguar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	nsubj	_	_
14	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	obj	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	lacks	lack	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Jaguar's rhyme |  | Jaguar |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **catch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Jaguar's rhyme *not said here* | each one |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 3 | **need** | present | each |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **lack** | present | rhyme |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **rhyme** |  | Jaguar |  |  |  |  |  | nom rhyme «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They both want the other's shell for their home safety

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:t2:o4:1
# text = They both want the other's shell for their home safety
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
3	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | They | the other's shell |  |  |  | for their home safety | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot shell=Theme |

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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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