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title: Which character first speaks of the hare's cleverness at the end of… — Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which character first speaks of the hare's cleverness at the end of the first tale? Exam question 4 of lesson 1218 «Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the hare brings fire home, the turtle goes to war for his bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Exam question 4 · Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the h…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which character first speaks of the hare's cleverness at the end of the first tale?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** character · **What happens:** speak · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1218 «Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the hare brings fire home, the turtle goes to war for his bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1218-pg3282-part19/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:e4:1
# text = Which character first speaks of the hare's cleverness at the end of the first tale?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
4	speaks	speak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	cleverness	cleverness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	16	amod	_	_
16	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | which character |  |  |  |  | of the hare's cleverness at the end of the first tale; first *property* | vn talk-37.5 «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The grandmother, who sees he is wiser than she

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:e4:o1:1
# text = The grandmother, who sees he is wiser than she
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	wiser	wise	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | the grandmother | he |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | the grandmother |  |  |  |  | than she; wise *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The grandfather, who had been sitting by the fire the whole time and noticed everything

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:e4:o2:1
# text = The grandfather, who had been sitting by the fire the whole time and noticed everything
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	aux	_	_
7	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
15	noticed	notice	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past · perfect · progressive | the grandfather |  |  |  | time | by the fire | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location |
| 2 | **notice** | past | the grandfather | everything |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The grandmother, when she is cooking the hare

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:e4:o3:1
# text = The grandmother, when she is cooking the hare
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	cooking	cook	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | present · progressive | she | the hare |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hare=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The grandmother, who was shocked and angry that the hare had tricked the whales at the river

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:e4:o4:1
# text = The grandmother, who was shocked and angry that the hare had tricked the whales at the river
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	shocked	shocked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	tricked	trick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the grandmother |  |  |  |  | shocked *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the grandmother *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **trick** | past · perfect · passive |  | the hare |  | the river |  |  | tree rules |

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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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