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title: Mate, did the fox actually sus the wolf or nah? — Fairy Book, How Ian Direach Got the Bl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, did the fox actually sus the wolf or nah? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1145 «Fairy Book, How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon, part 11: the fox tricks the wolf, and Ian gets a hard task» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Book, How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon, part 11:…

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Mate, did the fox actually sus the wolf or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate, fox · **What happens:** do, su · **To what, where:** wolf

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1145 «Fairy Book, How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon, part 11: the fox tricks the wolf, and Ian gets a hard task» 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/1145-pg3027-part11/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1145-pg3027-part11:t1:1
# text = Mate, did the fox actually sus the wolf or nah?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	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	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	sus	su	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Mate |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **su** | present | the fox | the wolf |  |  |  | actually *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 {#o1}

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Nah, the cheese got nicked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1145-pg3027-part11:t1:o1:1
# text = Nah, the cheese got nicked
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	nicked	nick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | past · passive |  | the cheese |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Nah, the wolf played her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1145-pg3027-part11:t1:o2:1
# text = Nah, the wolf played her
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | the wolf | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she played him proper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1145-pg3027-part11:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, she played him proper
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | she | him *= he* |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nope, the giant did it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1145-pg3027-part11:t1:o4:1
# text = Nope, the giant did it
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | the giant | it |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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