I can't seem to get the recursive flag to run

I'm using a workspace setup. This is my root

deno.json

deno.json

{
    "workspace": [
        "modules/thought"
    ]
}

{
    "workspace": [
        "modules/thought"
    ]
}

{
    "workspace": [
        "modules/thought"
    ]
}

{
    "workspace": [
        "modules/thought"
    ]
}

And this would be inside of

modules/thought/deno.json

modules/thought/deno.json

modules/thought/deno.json

modules/thought/deno.json:

{
    "tasks": {
        "dev": "echo 'Hello World!'"
    }
}

{
    "tasks": {
        "dev": "echo 'Hello World!'"
    }
}

{
    "tasks": {
        "dev": "echo 'Hello World!'"
    }
}

{
    "tasks": {
        "dev": "echo 'Hello World!'"
    }
}

Then I'm trying to run

deno task -r dev

deno task -r dev

deno task -r dev

deno task -r dev, which results in:

Task not found: dev
Available tasks:
  No tasks found in configuration file

Task not found: dev
Available tasks:
  No tasks found in configuration file

Task not found: dev
Available tasks:
  No tasks found in configuration file

Task not found: dev
Available tasks:
  No tasks found in configuration file

Which is true considering there's no task in my root json. but that's not the goal here...