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title: Kofi: «the Magician saw the Crab run off but let him, no cap.» (no c… — Just So Stories, The Crab that Played… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 1 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 1…

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Kofi: «the Magician saw the Crab run off but let him, no cap.» (no cap = honestly) Put it right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kofi, Crab, cap · **What happens:** see, run off, let, put · **To what, where:** cap, Crab · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 90 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 1: the Eldest Magician and the sea that will not behave» 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/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kofi: «the Magician saw the Crab run off but let him, no cap.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician:t1:1
# text = Kofi: «the Magician saw the Crab run off but let him, no cap.»
1	Kofi	Kofi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Magician	Magician	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Crab	Crab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	16	det	_	_
16	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *in a quote* | past | Kofi | no cap |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **run off** *in a quote* | present | the Crab |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | the Crab *not said here* | Crab |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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.

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*Sentence 2:* (no cap = honestly) Put it right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician:t1:2
# text = (no cap = honestly) Put it right.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	7	punct	_	_
5	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
7	Put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	right	right	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | infinitive | no cap *not said here* | cap |  |  |  | honestly, right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Everyone saw the Crab run off, and the Magician let him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician:t1:o1:1
# text = Everyone saw the Crab run off, and the Magician let him
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Crab	Crab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Magician	Magician	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | Everyone | the Crab |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run off** | infinitive | the Crab *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **let** | infinitive | the Magician | Crab |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Man saw the Crab run off, but the Magician did not, and nobody cared at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician:t1:o2:1
# text = The Man saw the Crab run off, but the Magician did not, and nobody cared at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Crab	Crab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Magician	Magician	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	17	nsubj	_	_
17	cared	care	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | the Man |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **run off** | infinitive | the Crab |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **do** | past | the Magician |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **care** | past | nobody |  |  | all |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Nobody saw him go except the little girl, who said nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician:t1:o3:1
# text = Nobody saw him go except the little girl, who said nothing
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	except	except	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | Nobody | him *= he* |  |  |  | except the little girl | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the little girl | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The Magician did see him go but said nothing at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician:t1:o4:1
# text = The Magician did see him go but said nothing at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past · do-support | the Magician | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Magician *not said here* | nothing |  | all |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

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