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title: "Goldie's fine in that jam jar, she forgets it in 3 secs lol." How d… — Animals in the sea and the river · tree and pragmatics
description: "Goldie's fine in that jam jar, she forgets it in 3 secs lol." How do you reply kindly? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 11 «Animals in the sea and the river» of the myths 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 4 · ★ · Animals in the sea and the river

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"Goldie's fine in that jam jar, she forgets it in 3 secs lol." How do you reply kindly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Goldie, you · **What happens:** be, forget, reply · **To what, where:** jam jar, jar, 3 secs

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 11 «Animals in the sea and the river» of the myths 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/myths/11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Goldie's fine in that jam jar, she forgets it in 3 secs lol."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:t4:1
# text = "Goldie's fine in that jam jar, she forgets it in 3 secs lol."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Goldie	Goldie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
7	jam	jam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	forgets	forget	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	secs	sec	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
16	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Goldie |  |  | that jam jar |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **forget** *in a quote* | present | Goldie | jar |  | 3 secs |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* How do you reply kindly?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:t4:2
# text = How do you reply kindly?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reply	reply	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  | kindly *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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"True, so it doesn't matter."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:t4:o1:1
# text = "True, so it doesn't matter."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **matter** *in a quote* | present · do-support | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"They can learn tricks and remember for months! Maybe she'd like a bigger tank."

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* "They can learn tricks and remember for months!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:t4:o2:1
# text = "They can learn tricks and remember for months!
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** *in a quote* | can | They | tricks |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Topic |
| 2 | **remember** *in a quote* | infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  | month |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 2:* Maybe she'd like a bigger tank."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:t4:o2:2
# text = Maybe she'd like a bigger tank."
1	Maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	tank	tank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | would | she | a bigger tank |  |  |  | maybe *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tank=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"You're cruel and I'm telling everyone."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:t4:o3:1
# text = "You're cruel and I'm telling everyone."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	parataxis	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | You |  |  |  |  | cruel *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · progressive | I |  | everyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Jars are better than tanks."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:t4:o4:1
# text = "Jars are better than tanks."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Jars	jar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	tanks	tank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Jars |  |  |  |  | than tanks; good *property* | tree rules |

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