--- title: the fox said charity begins at home, so basically the wolf was being… — Reynard the Fox, The Wolf and the Fox… · tree and pragmatics description: the fox said charity begins at home, so basically the wolf was being selfish Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1144 «Reynard the Fox, The Wolf and the Fox at the Well, part 10: the hungry wolf and the cunning fox plan a feast of cheese, and the fox tricks the wolf into the bucket» of the books course of Mova's p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1144-pg3027-part10/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Reynard the Fox, The Wolf and the Fox…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1144-pg3027-part10/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Reynard the Fox, The Wolf and the Fox at the Well, part 10… the fox said charity begins at home, so basically the wolf was being selfish **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fox, charity, wolf · **What happens:** say, begin, be · **To what, where:** home, selfish · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1144 «Reynard the Fox, The Wolf and the Fox at the Well, part 10: the hungry wolf and the cunning fox plan a feast of cheese, and the fox tricks the wolf into the bucket» 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/1144-pg3027-part10/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1144-pg3027-part10:t4:1 # text = the fox said charity begins at home, so basically the wolf was being selfish 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 charity charity NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 begins begin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 basically basically ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 cop _ _ 15 selfish selfish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the fox | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **begin** | present | charity | | | home | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **is a** | past | the wolf | selfish | | | | basically *property* | tree rules | 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} yeah, he didn't care about her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1144-pg3027-part10:t4:o1:1 # text = yeah, he didn't care about her 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **care** | past · do-support | he | | | | | about her *= she* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about she=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah, he was greedy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1144-pg3027-part10:t4:o2:1 # text = yeah, he was greedy 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 greedy greedy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | greedy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} yeah, he put his own tummy first ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1144-pg3027-part10:t4:o3:1 # text = yeah, he put his own tummy first 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 tummy tummy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past | he | his own tummy | | | | first *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent tummy=Goal | ### Option 4 {#o4} nah, he shared with the cubs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1144-pg3027-part10:t4:o4:1 # text = nah, he shared with the cubs 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 shared share VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cubs cub NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | past | he | | | | | with the cubs | tree rules | **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. 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