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title: Lol, what did the hare wish for when he was stuck in the tent? — Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lol, what did the hare wish for when he was stuck in the tent? Test 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 tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 4 · ★ · Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the h…

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Lol, what did the hare wish for when he was stuck in the tent?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** do, be · **To what, where:** hare wish, tent

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This is test 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. 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:t4:1
# text = Lol, what did the hare wish for when he was stuck in the tent?
1	Lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the hare wish |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | past | he |  |  | the tent |  | stuck *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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A drop of rain on his net

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:t4:o1:1
# text = A drop of rain on his net
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	drop	drop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A cool breeze through the hole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:t4:o2:1
# text = A cool breeze through the hole
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	breeze	breeze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A spark to land on his net

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:t4:o3:1
# text = A spark to land on his net
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spark	spark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	land	land	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | his net |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on net=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To be free

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:t4:o4:1
# text = To be free
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	cop	_	_
3	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | free *property* | 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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