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title: Which is TRUE in this part? — Just So Stories, The Crab that Played… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is TRUE in this part? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 91 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 2: Pau Amma loses his shell» 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 2…

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Which is TRUE in this part?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** part

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 91 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 2: Pau Amma loses his shell» 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/91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell:t5:1
# text = Which is TRUE in this part?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | this part |  | 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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Pau Amma can stir up the whole land, being a King Crab

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell:t5:o1:1
# text = Pau Amma can stir up the whole land, being a King Crab
1	Pau	Pau	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	Amma	Amma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	stir	stir	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	cop	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stir up** | can | Pau | the whole land |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition land=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | gerund |  | a King Crab |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pau Amma can only stir up the sea, and he has a hard shell that the Magician gave him back

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell:t5:o2:1
# text = Pau Amma can only stir up the sea, and he has a hard shell that the Magician gave him back
1	Pau	Pau	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	Amma	Amma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	stir	stir	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Magician	Magician	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	iobj	_	_
21	back	back	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stir up** | can | Pau | the sea |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition sea=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | present | Pau | a hard shell |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shell=Patient |
| 3 | **give back** | past | the Magician | a hard shell *not said here* | Pau |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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

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Pau Amma can only stir up the sea, though he is a King Crab

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell:t5:o3:1
# text = Pau Amma can only stir up the sea, though he is a King Crab
1	Pau	Pau	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	Amma	Amma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	stir	stir	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stir up** | can | Pau | the sea |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition sea=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Pau | a King Crab |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Pau Amma can only stir up the sea, though he is the greatest King Crab in all the seas of the world

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell:t5:o4:1
# text = Pau Amma can only stir up the sea, though he is the greatest King Crab in all the seas of the world
1	Pau	Pau	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	Amma	Amma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	stir	stir	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
10	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	16	amod	_	_
15	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:desc	_	_
16	Crab	Crab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	20	det:predet	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	seas	sea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stir up** | can | Pau | the sea |  | all seas of the world |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition sea=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Pau | the greatest Crab |  |  |  | King *nmod:desc* | tree rules |

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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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