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title: lowkey the mink set up the mouse, right? what did he ask her to do? — Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: lowkey the mink set up the mouse, right? what did he ask her to do? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1190 «Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, part 1: a sly mink tricks a hungry wolf, then outwits the whole wolf pack's revenge plan» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Test 6 · ★ · Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, part 1: a sly mink tric…

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lowkey the mink set up the mouse, right? what did he ask her to do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mink, mouse · **What happens:** set up, ask, do · **To what, where:** mouse, mink

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1190 «Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, part 1: a sly mink tricks a hungry wolf, then outwits the whole wolf pack's revenge plan» 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/1190-pg3027-part56/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1190-pg3027-part56:t6:1
# text = lowkey the mink set up the mouse, right? what did he ask her to do?
1	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	vocative	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mink	mink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
4	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	14	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	obj	_	_
12	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	iobj	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set up** | participle | the mink *not said here* | the mouse |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient mouse=Result |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · do-support | mouse |  | mink |  |  | lowkey *vocative* | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | mouse *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Bite the rope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1190-pg3027-part56:t6:o1:1
# text = Bite the rope
1	Bite	bite	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | imperative | you *not said here* | the rope |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Patient |

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

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Gnaw the wolves' bows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1190-pg3027-part56:t6:o2:1
# text = Gnaw the wolves' bows
1	Gnaw	gnaw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	bows	bow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gnaw** | imperative | you *not said here* | the wolves's bows |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Chew the wolves' canoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1190-pg3027-part56:t6:o3:1
# text = Chew the wolves' canoes
1	Chew	chew	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	canoes	canoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chew** | imperative | you *not said here* | the wolves's canoes |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent canoe=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Gnaw through the wolves' bows and paddles before the feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1190-pg3027-part56:t6:o4:1
# text = Gnaw through the wolves' bows and paddles before the feast
1	Gnaw	gnaw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	bows	bow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	paddles	paddle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gnaw** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the wolves's bows and paddles | before the feast |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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