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title: By what device did the fox ensnare the bear? — Far North tales, The Fox and the Bear:… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what device did the fox ensnare the bear? Exam question 1 of lesson 1243 «Far North tales, The Fox and the Bear: the fox tricks the bear into a fire, then cheats a Lapp of his reindeer.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Exam question 1 · Far North tales, The Fox and the Bear: the fox tricks the…

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By what device did the fox ensnare the bear?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** device, fox · **What happens:** do, ensnare · **To what, where:** bear

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1243 «Far North tales, The Fox and the Bear: the fox tricks the bear into a fire, then cheats a Lapp of his reindeer.» 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/1243-pg3282-part44/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1243-pg3282-part44:e1:1
# text = By what device did the fox ensnare the bear?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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	6	det	_	_
6	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	ensnare	ensnare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | device |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ensnare** | infinitive | the fox | the bear |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A pit prepared with willow ropes and pitch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1243-pg3282-part44:e1:o1:1
# text = A pit prepared with willow ropes and pitch
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	prepared	prepare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	willow	willow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	ropes	rope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prepare** | participle |  | a pit *not said here* |  |  |  | with willow ropes and pitch | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with rope=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A hole covered with leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1243-pg3282-part44:e1:o2:1
# text = A hole covered with leaves
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | participle |  | a hole *not said here* |  |  |  | with leaves | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with leaf=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A trap of ropes and pitch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1243-pg3282-part44:e1:o3:1
# text = A trap of ropes and pitch
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	ropes	rope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A deep hole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1243-pg3282-part44:e1:o4:1
# text = A deep hole
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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